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Grand Junction Michigan, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1894. Volume 14. No. 87.
Our Only Refuge,
Thou art only refuge, Lord,
YiriArust Thy mighty arm;
In Thee, the Clefted Rock, we hide,
.. Secure from all alarm.
iny tame the righteous flee
41- 0 safely there abide;
A- tshough the power of sin abound,
Isrkeyil can betide.
JeSus, help us trust Thy word;
litoe we firmly cling;
0-" fsbield us from the storms of life,
Arpay Almighty wing.
0- 1401. ko; iis from the strife of tongues;
tylittoki us by Thy hand;
FtSyerkeep us bound to ' Phee
:-.- V-, Lote's unyielding band.
ii* Thy sacred feet we bow,
00. igess Thee Lord of all,
Aoko, owledge our own heIplcssness,
d for Thy grace we call.
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Wii_ efl Satan's fiery darts are hurled,
13e- Thou, 0, Lord, our shield;
And we fight the fight of faith,
aelp us Thy sword to wield.
rtirinble sacrifice we bring,
And on Thy altar lie;
Otirself and life we consecrate;
, TAO. this world we die.
mane Thou our hearts with grateful praise;
Teach us Thy holy will;
our-„ soul and body, mind, our all,
f Ow with Thy Spirit fill.
Lispire our life to holiness,
114mility and love;
Let and faith our portion be,
-,' Aud. wisdom from above.
/ 14iineforth for Thee, in Thee we live,
Yea, Lord, to Thee alone,
To share on earth a life of bliss,
And glory ' round Thy throne.
W. J. HENRY.
GOD'S ARMY.
HAT does it mean ? Well, we
look around about us in the
nation in which we dwell, and see
several classes. First we see are the
volunteers, who only have the uni-form
on for a short while; then we
have the regular army, the real sol-diers
who when they joined had to
leave all and give up, so that their
lives would be given up to their coun-try,
and stand and defend it at any
cost. Dear ones, that is the class
that God is calling out to be- soldiers
for him. Have you not heard the
call, " If any man come to me, and
hate not his father and mother, and
wife, and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple; and whoso-ever
cloth not bear his cross and come
after mecannot be my disciple." " So
likewise whosoever he be of you that
forsaketh not all that he hath, he can-not
be my disciple." No person can
misunderstand that call and say they
did not know they had to give up this
and gire up that. They have to give
up. ali; they will have to strip of
every thing of this world before God
will allow them to enter his barracks,
where he will try them and fit them
with the whole armor, before sending
thiaisout to fight.
But how is it so many souls find
themselves only volunteers instead
of re: a soldiers of God? It is be-cause
they have strayed into the
wrong barracks; for there are hun-dreilt
these sectish drill houses
scattered about on the hills, and in
these you cannot get on the whole
armor of God, for it is in the com-mand
of men and not God. Dear
oneFt these are perilous times, and if
you are going to stand, you will have
to get on the whole armor, and get
in the right barracks. I hear some
cry, " Oh where can I find the bar=
racks?" Thus saith the Lord but
in the last days it shall come to pass,
that the mountain of the house of
the Lord shall be established in the
tops of the mountains, and it shall be
exalted above the hills, and people
shall flow into it; and many nations
shall tome and say, Come, and let us
go up to the mountain of the Lord,
and tOtlx : house of the God of Jacob,
and he* 4. teach us of his ways, and
we will italk in his paths. For the
law shall go forth out of Zion, and
the word Of the Lord from Jerusalem.
NOW dear ones, the door of this house
is Jeins, Chfist, so you see to pass
throuthAUs ' door you must leave all
* hen you have passed
the door you become a child of God.
That is your rightful name, and it is
against God to take upon you a sect-ish
name; but it is your privilege to
gf . on unto perfection and present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable unto God, who will
sanctify the gift, who then will entrust
you with the armor, which consists of
a girdle of truth, and a breastplate of
of righteousness, and your feet shod
with the preparation of the gospel of
peace, which will prevent you from
sliding, and a shield of faith, also a
helmet of salvation, and lastly, the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word
of God, and you will have to use it
right and left; for the word of God
is quick and powerful, and sharper
than any two- edged sword, piercing
even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit, and of the joints and mar-roveand
is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart. Then re-ceiving
the power from God you are
sent to fight the good fight of faith,
to lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called.
N ooww being sent out, what have we
to contend for and defend? We have
to contend for the faith which was
once delivered to the saints, and we
must stand fast in one Spirit, with
one mind, striving together for the
faith of the gospel; for Satan knows
these are the last days and he is just
raking the pit to contend against the
saints; for he is . at the head of all
division. For ' re wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against princi-palities,
against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high
ph; ces; that is, sectish drill houses,
that are established on the hills.
Their rulers step out - to do battle in
the name of their god, and wave
their banner with the motto, " You
cannot live without sin," over their
heads. But they have so many com-mands
and so many orders from
the Baal priests, that they cannot see
eye to eye; so all is confusion, and
their ranks are completely broken up
when they are compelled to meet the
sword of God. For God has said, his
soldiers shall run like mighty men;
they shall climb the wall like men of
war; and they shall march every one
on his ways; and they shall not break
their ranks.— Joel 2: 7. So you see
God's soldiers see eye to eye; they
are all one; so it is impossible to
break their ranks. For the weapons
of our warfare are not carnal, but
mighty through God, - to the pulling
down of strongholds, casting down
imaginations and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowl-edge
of God, and bringing into cap-tivity
every thought to the obedience
of Christ.- 2 Cor. ro: 4, 5. So you
see dear ones, God never loses a
battle. So we must press the battle
against all obstacles that Satan can
bring to bear down upon us. But
endure hardness as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ. Never Mind the scoffs
and jeers of your friends, and the
persecution of sectish professors. For
what glory is it if when ye be buffeted
for your faults, ye shall take it pa-tiently?
But if when ye do well and,
suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this
is acceptable with God. For even
hereunto were ye called, because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us
example that ye should follow his
steps.-- I Peter 2: 20, 21. Then as
true soldiers let us follow all the way;
for thus saith the Lord unto you, Be
not afraid nor dismayed by reason of
this great multitude, for the battle is
not yours but God's. So it does not
matter what great multitude Satan
brings to bear down upon us; and al-though
they look black and fierce,
God has said, fear not their faces;
and knowing the mighty power of
our Commander, we stand firm. Al-though
the whole world of darkness
come down upon us, they cannot
break the ranks of God's soldiers
who have on the whole armor of
God.
Now we read and hear of the army
of the nation falling short of supplies,
and being harassed and distressed
through the want of the same, when
on the forward march. But glory be
to God, his soldiers never want, for he
has promised to furnish all supplies.
Who goeth a warfare any time at his
own charges? Who planteth a vine-yard
and eateth not of the fruit
thereof? or who feedeth a flock and
eateth not of the milk of the flock ?—
I Cor. 9: 7. But my God shall sup-ply
all your needs according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.—
Phil. 4: 19.
Well comrades, with these faithful
promises we should endure all hard-ness
for Christ's sake. And some of
the dear ones who are defending the
faith in foreign fields have found
how true to his promise is our Com-mander.
He has said, I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee. Now if
any of God's soldiers have received
orders for foreign fields, get on the
armor and take the sword, and march
in the name of the Lord, for he has
to do a mighty work through you.
For thus saith the Lord; and I will
utter my judgments against them,
touching all their wickedness, who
have forsaken me and burned incense
unto other gods, and worshipped the
work of their hands. Thou there-fore
gird, up thy loins, and arise and
speak unto them all I command thee
before them. For behold I have
made thee this day a defenced city
and an iron pillar and brazen walls,
against the kings of Judah, against
the princes thereof, and against the
people of the land. And they shall
fight against thee, but they shall not
prevail against thee; for I am with
thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee,
- Jen I : 16- 19. When in the world, how
many wehave met who have receiv-ed
their discharge from active service,
their time being up, and how many
leaders in the hills are lying down
at their ease, being discharged from
duty by their division as worn out; is
it so in God's army? No. For thus
saith the Lord, The oath which he
sware to our father Abraham, that
he would grant unto us, that we being
delivered out of the hand of our ene-mies,
might serve him without fear,
in holiness and righteousness before
him all the days our life.— Luke 1: 73,
74. Praise God! no worn- outs in
God's army; no discharge, but a com-mission
to press the battle to the end.
Now to get out of God's army we
should have to desert and flee back
to the enemy's camp among the hills,
and become a lost soul. And the
children of Israel cried unto the Lord
saying, we have sinned against thee,
both because we have forsaken our
God, and also served Baal. m.— Judges
10: lo.
Keep on the whole armor; do not
lay any part aside; for just as you do
the enemy will try and persuade you
to break your covenant with God
and desert, and the penalty of a de-serter
is death. But those that stand
firm and fight for the faith will re-ceive
God's promises. These are
And he : hall sand his angels with a great
sound of a trumpot, and they shall gather to-getherhfe
sleet from the fear vials, from one
end of heaven to the other.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; Then
his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth
leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
So likewise ye, * when ye shall see all these
things, knew that it la neareven at the doors,
6latt. 24: 31- 33.
some of them. And Jesus answered
and said, Verily I say unto you, There
is no man that has left house and
brethren_ or sister or father or mother
or wife or children or lands, for my
sake and the gospel's, but he shall
receive a hundred fold, now in this
time, houses and brethren and sisters
and mothers and children and lands,
with persecutions, and in the world
to come eternal life.— Mark. 10: 29,30.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen
nor ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them
that love him.- 1 Cor. 2: 9. I have
fought a good fight; I have finished
my course; I have kept the faith;
henceforth there. is laid up for me, a
crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous judge shall give
me at that day; and not to me only,
but unto all them also that love his
appearing. So you see what a won-derful
bounty God's soldiers receive,
that keep faithful till the end, fight-ing
under the banner with the motto,
" Holiness to the Lord." From your
brother in the army.
ROBERT W. CROASDELL,
Liverpool, Eng,
News From London,
S. E. LONDON, ENG., Sept. I, 1894.
DEAR BRO. WARNER: God bless
you. I have felt for some time like
writing to you of the work here. I
have canvassed the city pretty well
in the name of the Lord, going from
mission to mission, only to be rejected
when sectism was spoken against.
Even people who claimed to be non-sectarians.
Baxter's little sect, head
and all rejected me bitterly, and
warned people against me. For
months I went about seeking a peo-ple
of God, rejected and despised of
all men. Yet I did not lessen my
zeal and courage for the work of God
without any result seemingly; because
I had no means to do anything, yet
God most wonderfully supplied the
means for our support in a marvelous
way, when we knew of no friend on
earth to look to, but trusted in God.
There might have been much done
before this could we have had means
to secure a place to gather the
people together. Some have been
saved and accepted the truth but now
are gone. We have only received
io oo from America since we have
been in England this last time. Praise
God ! the Lord has provided and we
have paid four shillings per week, and
had something to eat all the time for
eight months in this wicked city a-mong
strangers.
Our experience here would be a
history indeed were it written. Praise
God ! Some two months ago I fell
in with some men claiming holiness,
unsectarian, etc. I attended their
meetings and was received gladly,
and the Lord did most wonderfully
bless me in talking to them, and they
rejoiced greatly in it until I got to
talking of the ordinances, Divine
healing, etc. when they rejected and
began to shut me off. Then God be-gan
to stir in my soul terribly. I got
up and rebuked them in their own
meeting, and the result was the meet-ing
was captured for God, and we
have been holding here ever since,
and several have accepted the truth
and got saved, All glory to God I
I then began to go to mission halls
and God did wonderfully pour gut
his truth and glory on the people,
and some accepted, but they began
to rage vehemently. One place near
here they accepted the preaching of
the Word, and the interest and crowd
began to increase, and the work re-vive,
and some began to see they
were not saved, and the leader, with
a puffed sectarian heart turned a-gainst
me, and I stopped there and
went to another. The Lord still
pouring forth his precious truth, the
people accepted holiness, which they
did not believe before. One dear
man of the mission, a professor for
years, saw he was not saved, confessed
it publicly and got saved with a real
experience.
A man fell and hurt his shoulder
and for about a week could not use it. I
visited him and God healed him, and
he instantly raised his * arm which
was restored. All glory to God! It
won them to the truth. The beast
powers were so strong and the open-ings
so great, I felt I needed help,
and I wrote for Lena to come, and
she came and God is moving things
gloriously here in London. There
are several calls and opening now.
We cannot meet all. We have meet-ings
here Tuesday and Thursday
. evening, and Wednesday, Friday, and
Sunday evenings at the mission. A
grand work is being done.
Saturday eve I have Bible reading
in a very popular part called the Gar-dens.
They requested it so they
could get light on holiness, etc. Mon-day
eve at a mission hall in a very
busy part, Peckham R'd, by invita-tion.
The workers there are out of
sectism and believe in holiness, divine
healing and unity of God's people.
A few days ago I recieved a letter
from a man at Stratford, East Lon-don,
about seven or eight miles from
here wanting me to come, as soon as
I can and preach, but I cannot now
leave the work here. I received the
addresses of two or three other mis-sions
where we hope God will do a
work in calling his people out. South-ern
London seems to be very ripe
for harvest.
LATER.
Sept. 4, 1894.
Sunday night, wife and I went to
Peckham to the hall and God did
wonderfully bless the meeting. Quite
an interest was manifest. The mis-sion
workers are much delighted and
encouraged. Pray much for us and
the work. Sister Lena is going on
with the work here, and I am going
from mission to mission hunting for
God's sheep. God is wonderfully
providing for us. He has furnished
us a home here that we do not have
to pay rent nor buy anything to eat
only as we wish to. Also, he has fur-nished
us with clothing. I received a
letter last night with five dollars. I
feel' God wants me to learn French
and perhaps go through France and
open the work. I do feel a desire to
hasten to India as soon as possible.
I would love to see my children, but
I do not feel I can come now. I desire
to follow the Lord. It will require
some means to go anywhere. Well I
am praising him for complete victory.
Pray for us. Yours saved. .
G. R. ACHOR.
70 Lordship Lane, E. Dulwich.
BLUE RIVER, D.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: do praise
dear Jesus for so great salvation. I
am sweetly saved and wholly sancti-fied,
and am kept by his mighty pow-t
r. " Many sh iII b purified, made
white and tried." Praise Jesus! Every
trial just sinks me deeper into Jesus,
and makes me feel and know my
need of him, and that without him
we can do nothing. It is a constant
stream of blessings flowing down
from above: since dear Jesus has sanc-tified
my nature. I ask the prayers
of all the saints that I may ever stand
I
firm for Jesus. Your brother in the
one body, EUGENE CROW.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliv-er
every man his 53u1: to not out a in her
Iniquity; far thin it the time of the Lord's ven-geance:
he will render unto her a resompeaoe.
And the land : hall tremble and sorrow:
: very purpose a the Lord than be performed
ar-.'. not Babylon to make the land of Babylon
a denial: int the- tan inhabitant.
Ser. 61; 6. 2t
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER.
Pray for Mollie Benson, New Paris, 0.,
that she may be healed of bodily afflictions.
I have been very sick for the last six
weeks; pray for me. DAVID DAVIS.
Hunter, Ark.
Pray for me Sept. 29 that I may be
healed of serious bodily afflictions, and
that my faith may be strengthened.
ELLEN BOONE.
CALLS FOR MEETING.
We would like a meeting held here soon.
MINNIE SUTTON.
Lorraine, Elsworth Co., Kan.
We desire meeting here.
MELISSA STOUT.
Litchfield, Mich.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.
The Lord wants laborers here; there are
many wasting sheaves; would like to see
some true minister here this fall. Write
before you Come. J. H. HAWBAKER.
• •
Some one is wanted at once to go to
Fisher, Champaign Co., Ill. to hold a
meeting. A nice grove can be had and
the people are anxious to hear the truth,
Address J. ALLEN.
MEETINGS.,
Marshall, Oki., Oct. 18- 29.
Jeffersonville, Indiana, Sept. is to Oct. r.
A tabernacle meeting at Colfax, Wash.,
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All invited to attend. F. N. JACOBSON.
There will be a tabernacle meeting
commencing in the town of Bolivar, Mo.,
On the 26th of Sept. Will continue as long
as the Lord wills. All come prepared to
take -" Care of themselves as this is a new
field. ° GEORGE E. BOLDS & Co.
There will be a tabernacle meeting at
East Hickory, Pa., Sept. 25 to Oct. 3: and
at Tionesta, Pa., Oct. 4 and as long as the
Lord wills. The meetings will be held by
Bro's B. E. Warren and S. L. Speck. Yours
in Christ, C. J. STEWART.
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BIBLE READINGS.
ASSEMBLY MEETINGS.
Assembly meeting to commence Oct. 6,
1894 at Zion Grove,
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Tanoipahoa Parish, La.
thirteen miles east of Hammond, near
John A. Morris's park. Bro's A. L. Creal,
J. B. Mills and others are expected. All
are invited. W. W. BANKSTON.
EDGEWOOD, GRATIOT Co., MICH.
There will be, if the Lord wills, an as-sembly
meeting held at Hamilton, Gratiot
Co., commencing , Oct. 4. Bro. Grover is
expected. All are invited. The meeting
will be held nine miles east and one mile
south of Ithaca, Mich. W. A. MOORE.
GRAND JUNCTION, MICH. ASSEMBLY MEETING.
This meeeting will take place, the Lord
willing, Oct. 11- 18, at the camp ground
one mile north of Grand Junction. Many
are looking forward to this gathering to-gether
of the children of God as one , of
great power and glory on account of the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit when his
saints shall meet to worship in the beauty
of holiness, and sinners yield their hearts
to him, and the sick be healed of their dis-eases.
We believe this will be a time of
spiritual advancement, and a deeper set-tling
down upon the Word for a forward
move on the line of divine healing, and
general salvation work, and a better quali-
CAMP MEETINGS.
Winfield, Kan., Oct. 4- 15.
Camp meeting at Kensington, Smith
Co., Kan. to commence Sept. 20 and last
willing. over Sunday Sept. 30, the Lord willing.
Kensington is onthe Chicago, Rock
and Pacific R. R. Address Bro. J. C.
Thayer at this place. GEO. VIELGUTH.
WINFIELD, RAN. CAMP MEETING.
Will be held Oct. 4- 15, on the Chautau-qua
assembly grounds which the people of
Winfield have granted us the use free.
Everybody invited, both saint and sinner.
Let all who can come prepared to take
care of themselves. All those desiring
tents please notify me at once. This is the
first camp meeting of the church of God
held in this place. Let all come praying
that this meeting may be a grand harvest
for the Master. Your brother saved to
the uttermost. J. T. YEAMAN.
Akron, Kan.
STANDARD, OKLA.
The camp meeting that is announced in
the Trumpet as the Marshall meeting
should have been Standard, as it is the
nearest Post Office.. The camp- meeting
ground is on the farm of W. H. Mills, one
mile north of Standard and ten miles west
of Mulhall. Mulhall is the nearest R. R.,
it is on the Sante Fe R. R., and any one
coming there will be met by informing
Bro's West and Post, and those coming on
the Rock Island railroad stop at Hennessy
and some of the brethren will meet them
there. We are expecting a grand and
glorious meeting, and a harvest of souls
for God. From your saved sister.
BLANCHE MILLS.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
" In the fall of man is he totally de-prayed?
And in obtaining salvation must
he have the seed of God planted in the
soul? or is the seed of God left the
soul, and when the evil is destroyed in the
man the good will develop into a child
of God?
2. Is it wrong foi4 a child of God to at-tend
a fourth of July celebration?
I A. Wren's.
Ans. to 1st. The phrase, " totally
depraved," not being in the Bible, is
undefined by the Bible. Therefore
people attach vastly different ideas to
it, and whether man is or is not totally
depraved depends upon what is in-cluded
in the terms. We deem it
best not to use the language at all,
but describe the condition of fallen
man in scriptural terms. In obtaining
salvation must the seed of God be
planted in man? Ans. " Being born
again, not of corruptible seed, but in-corruptible,
by the word of God."
The word is the seed which produces
the new life. That is not something
inherited in man, but it is the truth
that comes from heaven, and is planted
in the heart. Salvation, or to become
a child of God, is not the result of
the growth of good after the destruc-tion
of theevil out of man. Were that
the case salvation were only a nega-tive
work, the removal of evil out of
the heart. But in both regeneration
and entire sanctification there is both
a negative and a positive work of God,
the removal of sins and sin, and the
infusion of life and holiness. If sin
were only a disease its purging would
leave the soul to develop into a child
of God. But sin has already put to
death the sinner. The extraction of
the fatal disease from a ; orpse would
not leave the body to develop into
health. Nay, it is dead, and a positive
miracle can alone restore it to life.
So is the sinner dead in trespasses
and sins, and the removal of the cause
of his spiritual death cannot restore
him to life. A positive miracle must
take place, the infusion of life from
God through our Lord Jesus. Spirit-ual
life is therefore not a develop-ment,
but a new creation. " For we
are his workmanship , created in
Christ Jesus unto good works." " New
born babes desiring the sincere milk
of the word grow thereby," but it is
ehe new birth that makes him a child
of God, and not the growth.
Ans. to 2d. A true child of God has
no inclination to go to such places
which are gathered and infused by
the spirit of the world, neither does May God indeed show forth in you
world," and not of the world, even as a. s sincere, and
. pledge you pardon,
Christ is not of the world.
professed Christian to be ' found at
such places is a testimony that he
loves the world, and in such the love
of the Father does not dwell. Hence
to be seen there is a contradiction to
his testimony that he loves God.
- A CONFESSION.
MC GRATH, MO.
To ALL THE DEAR TRUMPET READ-ERS
AND SAINTS OF GOD EVERYWHERE:
I want to state to the glory of God
in justice to his cause, and in behalf
of my salvation, and that of others,
what the dear Lord has recentl y done
for me. Praise his dear name forev=
er! I attended the camp meeting at
this place held by Bro. Bolds and Co.
in which the power of God was wond-erfully
manifested, reclaiming back-sliders,
coverting sinners and sancti-fying
believers. My eyes were open
to the fact that God had rejected me.
I now confess I had a free love spirit,
a spirit of adultery. Oh how I do
praise God this morning for deliver-ance
from the awful powers of hell!
The evil spirit had led me to speak
evil of Bro. Warner, and other saints
of God, also to false letter writing.
When God showed me my condi-tion.
I went in secret to pray, but had
no spirit of prayer. I sought repent-ance
and found no place of repent-ance.
I began to examine myself by
the Word, and God unfolded my in-ner
life as I never had seen it before.
I had an absorbing desire to pray
but could not. I seemed to be left
alone. I saw that i had been resting
on a delusive hope that I was saved.
I was being led captive by an almost
irresistible influence. I had but one
hope, that was in the prayers of the
saints. God pity the poor souls who
are in the deadly coils of this awful
delusion.
Glory to God he has set me free!
The devil was cast out in answer to
prayer. - I was allowed to repent and
the Lord in mercy saved my soul. I
am in his hands to day to do his will
from this time forever more. I ask
the forgiveness of all I have wrong-ed,
and I earnestly ask the prayers
of all God's saints that I may be en-abled
to walk in all the will of God.
J. W. SICKLES,
Lebanon, 0.
NOTE.
I met the above brother at a camp
meeting in Kan. a few years- ago. He
has met with the saints at a few other
places, but we have all felt there was
something seriously wrong with him,
and have labored with him; but no
real deliverance was reached. We
sincerely pray that henceforth he may
show the fruits of an entirely . new
life in Christ Jesus. We pledge him
our love, sympathy and prayers, and
we sincerely hope that the fruits of
righteousness may show forth them-selves
in him, that he may also have
the confidence of all God's people,
yea, and " a good report al- so from
them that are without."
0 my dear brother, flee from all the
works of the devil. Determine to
live honest in the sight of God and
men. Take sides always against
yourself. If some are long in repos-ing
confidence in you, be not offend-ed.
Confess in your heart before God
that you do not deserve the confi-dence
and fellowship of cod's peo-pie,
nor any blessing from God. Be
patient, if in an'actual new life, some
for the want of clear discernment,
seem to yet view you as under the
shades of the old life. Be patient,
and endure as seeing him that is in-visible;
and if you are really humble
and true to God you will in due time
compel the confidence of all good
people.
We humbly advise you to not be
in haste to assume the position of a
public teacher. Let God first try you
and prove you in a holy life. Keep
little and silent before him. Wait
on God. Let him bring forth your
righteousness as the Iig- ht of head7en.
AUGUSTA, GA., Sept., 13, 1894.
DEAR SAINTS: Bro. Charles Op:',-
lesby and myself, together with a
number of saints from this place,
went to Brown's Hill, S. C. The peo-ple
received the word gladly. We
found a goodly number of honest
souls, who were willing and anxious
to hear the word of God preached in
its wildly. Many were convicted but
would not yield to the wooings of
the One converted. Pray
much for the church here and at
Brown's Hill, S. C.
I. F. MACBETH,
AND CHAS. OGLESBY & Co.
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DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: We have
WEST LAINS, MO,
j ust returned home from the camp
meeting in Ripley Co., Mo. That
meeting will long be remembered On
gre about
aHcoclo; ntspoifritt. he; rohuetri.) eourvi,, ne of the
eighty- five consecrations. Praise our
God! We begin a meeting tomorrow
night in the name of Jesus, at Valley
Star school house. We are both
young in the work, and I ask all the
saints to pray for us that we may o-pen
our mouth to the furtherance of
theRg. oLsp. eL ci; kunAt Rne A.
ND R. C. MORE.
NEOSHO FALLS, KAN., Sept. 14, 1894,
The Bushong meeting was moved
to Allen, five miles east of Bushong,
and was not attended as well by the
saints as was expected although those
who did attend were much benefited.
We clo- Sed and took down the tent
Sept. 3, and went td Brother Haz-zard's
house and had a precious ordi-nance
meeting. We came on to this
place, and the Lord sent in many.
saints from different parts, and . set
the battle in array against the devil.
Victory was soon manifest and- the
praises of God began to increase.
God is sending forth his word with
power, and is helping the dear ones
to measure up. Yours saved,
J. COLE, G. L. COLE, & Co.
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DENVER, COLO., Sept. 3, 1894.
DEAR SAtyrs: We are praising God
for full salvation. All the members of
the body in this wicked city are enjoy-ing,
the sweetness and completeness of
redeeming love. Some try to hang
on, but the Word cuts them off. We
had a glorious ordinance meeting at
the residence of Bro. and Sister Wahl-gren's
yesterday P. M. God did
flood our hearts with his blessed Spi-rit.
Wife and I were over to Louis-ville,
Cofo., two weeks ago, and read
the Word to a small congregation.
Some honest souls there, but they
need the Word more frequently,
which they shall have, Lord Filling,
Your brother and sister all on the al-tar,
R. W. AND C. B. SWINBURN.
ALMOTA, WASH., Sept. I, 1894.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: May the
dear Lord richly bless you all. I am
glad to report victory and salvation
in Jesus' name. According to the
call in the TatennET for a meeting in
Rathdrum, Idaho, dear Bro's Peter-nian
and Moys, in company with the
writer, were used in holding a by'
weeks meeting there with victory 00
the Lord's side. There were five
consecrations for a clean heart, and
they declared their freedom from
Babylon. A sister who was a suffere
for about eight years, was healed
and is now able to attend to her
household duties. May the Lord
bless and preserve her soul and body
blameless and healed for his Praise
dnd glory. - There were other cas
es
of healing also. Praise the Lord fn, r
this wonderful salvation compl
him! The Lord helped and blesse.°
us in presenting his word. To
ete
bel.
name be all the glory. I am ollsjs
crated to go wherever the Lord leaud
Pray for me. Your broths,. save
and sanctified,
CONROE, TEX.
DEAR SAINTS: Please pray Sept. 29 for
the Lord to heal me of a bad affected
foot. It has been sore since I was twelve
years old. I have suffered many things of
doctors, but was done no good. I believe
God will heal me. I want to be healed
for his glory. Dear saints, pray earnestly
that day, and fast with me, as I am a great
sufferer. A dear sister here will fast with
us . Your sister, saved and sanctified
wholly, SARAH JONES.
Near Jerry City, 0., Sept. 5, 1894,
infant son of Bro. and Sister Alwood,
departed this life. Aged seven months
and three days. God bless the dear
ones in their bereavement. Text
Isa. 406,7,8. MILLER.
DIED, in Johnstown, Pa., Frances
B. Martel-. Was boin Jan. 22, 1869;
died Aug. 12, 1894; aged twenty- five
years, six months, twenty- one days.
She was a daughter of Bro. and Sister
Wingard. She leaves a husband and
three children and many friends to
mourn her loss. the Lord bless
them. Funeral services by the writer,
S. P. GILGER.
DIED, at Red Lion, Pa., Bro. M.
Bilow. Was born June 17, 1828;
died Aug. 9, 1894; aged sixty- six yrs.,
one mo., twenty- two days. He leaves
a wife and fourteen children, and
other friends. He told the friends
that he was ready to die at the Lord's
call. May the Lord bless and ever
keep Sister Bigelow, and may the
children give their hearts to the Lord.
Funeral services by the writer,
S. P. GILGER.
ARQUAND, O., ePt. 4, • 94.
• bEAR SAINTS OF GOD: We just
clbsed meeting near Cape Girardeau.
We found some division among those
who claimed to be in the light. This
was caused by some of the saints re-ceiving
a crooked spirit who came in
the garb of a holiness preacher, and
drinking in his doctrine. After much
earnest prayer and fasting on the
part of the children of God the Lord
did move wonderfully, and nearly all.
the little ones got free ' from the false
spirit. Our God did a good work,
and most of the little flock made a
real advance in the grace_ of God.
Some yet need to get down before
Gad: There were several consecra-tiortS
for pardon, and fifteen were
bap" flied, most of whom lately made
their escape from the dark cage of
Lutheranism. God has some very
predous saints there. God keep
them• firm and increase their faith.
W e had a precious ordinance meet-ing
in which thirty- seven children of
God- took part. God is mightily
stiffing all this river country in south-
' east M0. and . southwest Many
plates are now open for the truth,
where it has never before been
preached in its fullness. We are now
at Marquand, in the name of Jesus,
and God is working. We desire the
prayers of the saints for the work
here. Yours in the love and fellow-ship
of the gospel,
R. M. AND LIzzIE HAYNES.
V ICHEY, MO., Sept. 10. 1894--
DEAR CHILDREN OF GOD: We are
glad for the privilege to tell you, of
the goodness of God unto us, and to
the ' people of this country. Bro.
Bolds & Co. and myself left the Don-ipMn
camp meeting a few days be-forg•'
it dosed and went to Vichey.
' W4 1found quite a number of honest
truth seekers but not very many
saved people. The fact is, the devil
has defeated some of them so often
that he has found their weak points,
and they ( not getting to the point of
consecration where God could really
work through them to defeat the dev-il)
" would fall into condemnation.
Nearly all of these dear ones got
down before- God and confessed to
him, confessed to each other and
asked forgiveness, and then asked
God to forgive them, and got in line
with God seemingly as far as they
knew how, while some failed to get
back. Bro. Geo. Keeling came and
was with us through the latter part of
the meeting and helped us greatly.
Now I believe it would be to God's
glory for some old experienced work-eito
go into these parts and work
and- get the people settled on the
Word. One Bro, Jas. M. Bell who
has just recently escaped out of the
Methodist sect where he had been a
preacher for a number of years, at-tended
the meeting. We pray God
tetsinle him down and prepare him
for preaching in God's true church.
God bless all the People and reward
them for their kindness to us. We
ask the prayers of God's people.
Yours in Jesus,
C. E. HUNTER, GEO. E. BOLDS & CO.
FLOATING BETHEL, Sept. it, 1894.
DEAR BRETHREN: God bless you
all. We have not written to the
TRUMPET for some time, and as we
have a short time to stay here before
going to the W. Virginia camp meet-ing,
I thought I would write and let
the saints know where I am and how
I do. I left the Melrose meeting for
Smithport camp meeting where I ar-rived
the second day after leaying
Melrose, and, found Bro's Riggle,
Clayton and others engaged in a go_ od
lively meeting, the result of which
has'begn reported by Bro. Riggle.
From - this place I went to the Mc
Coanensburg camp meeting in com-
P. Oy with Bro's Riggle and Wolf and
where we arrived in due time,
and fond a grove seated which ac-c-
clilat d all that were in attend-attee.
Well- we didnot find all, that pro-
- fes. d.' ee.- out on this narrow way, in as
go54; a._ Fondition as they might have
beenimvertheless God 1Dlessed his
DODGE, KENTUCKY, Sept. 6, 1894.
We wish to report to all . the house-hold
of faith, our labor in the Lord
•-, 1 I cc the Grand Junction camp meet-ihg.
On July 3, we, in company with
Bro. W. Merritt and wife came to
Benton Harbor, Mich. and began
meeting in Union Chapel. So far as
was apparent, but little was accom-plished.
A very few who had be-come
careless renewed their coven-ant
with God, but very few came out
to the meetings. July 19 we came to
Buchanan, and soon had the large
tent up and ready for meeting. Here
the meetings were well attended and
few souls were saved and many were won to the truth, and the
,
were added, by the Lord, to the
church. May God bless the little
Company of saints in and near Mc
Connellsburgh. When the time camt
for our departure from this place,
Bro. Raker carried us over in a hack
to Three Springs, where we took
train for Venango Co. camp meeting,
where we arrived at the appointed
time and found a beautiful grove
prepared in which the saints of God
pitched their tents, and the Lord
granted them a glorious time of re-freshing
from the presence of the
Lord. This camp ground is situated
about two miles from Emlenton Sta-tion
on the A. V. R. R. There were
a good number of consecrations, and
during the camp meeting there were
about twenty buried with - Christ in
baptism. The last Saturday evening
of the meeting,. - the saints showed
the Lord's death. There were about
one hundred saints present on this
solemn occasion. We left the Ve-nango
camp ground with Bro. Clay-ton,
enrout for Mole Hill, W. Virgin-ia.
Let all the dear saints remember
us in your prayers. Your saved and
sanctified brother in Christ,
A. J. KILPATRICK.
NORTH PLATTE,' NEB. Sept. 12, 1894.
DEAR TRUMPET FAMILY: • We • are
glad to report victory for King Jesus.
The work is moving on hear glori-ously
and souls • are being saved.
The devil thought at first that we
were nothing but " feeble Jews" and
would accomplish nothing, but he
was disappointed, and when his do-main
began to tremble under the
mighty word of God, he sent around
his priests to try to effect a compro-mise;
but we stood and still stand. on
the immutable word of God, and can
not give one particle. Failing in this
he then began to publish lies in order
to defeat the work. But the devils
are subject unto us in Jesus' name.
Hallelujah! The devil has even
threatened to starve us out, but we
" fear no evil," for he that is for us
is more than all they that are against
us. God is supplying all our needs
according to his riches in glory. We
are holding two meetings every
night, one on the street up in the
central ' part, and one in the north
part, although we have no light but
that of the moon, no shelter but the
starry heavens, no seats but the grass,
sidewalks, and a few chairs that some
of the older people bring along. Yet
as we see the people assembled
around and seated, and as we begin
to sing the songs of Zion, to see them
coming from all directions, it fills us
with a mighty zeal, and thrills our
souls with joy as we proclaim the
words of eternal life as the Spirit
giveth utterance. There have been
four consecrations at these open air
meetings, and several have asked
our prayers. The country is stirred
up for twenty- five miles around, and
we have ten or twelve calls ahead.
The country - is being well sown with
literature; people come every once in
a while asking for tracts. We are now
laboring with our hands to pay for
rent, and are glad- to do anything we
can for the salvation of souls and be
as little burden as possible. Times
are hard; every thing is burned up,
except some few fields that were
under ditches. There will be lots of
suffering here this winter; but it is a
grand time for soul harvest. We ask
all the dear ones everywhere to pray
for us. ° Yours in the gospel work,
saved and kept,
MASTER, RANDOLPH AND CO.
Lord saved unto • himself a precious
company of saints who if properly
taught and cared for by those who
have longer been in the way of truth
will settle upon the word so as to be
able to stand. Great responsibility
rests upon those whom God has left
in charge- there- in caring for this
flock. May the Lord give them wis-dom.
•
From there we came to the Bea-ver
Dam camp meeting. This meet-ing
we enjoyed so well, and were so
greatly benefited, that as time rolls
on we can only-. look back to it in
pleasure. But here we were called
to endure the pains of separation
from our beloved brother and sister
Merritt, the Lord sending them to
Columbia City, and ourselves in com-pany
with Bro. E. E. Byrum to the
Floyd's Knob's, Ind. camp meeting.
Here we met with Bro's Keeling,
Moore, and Schreiber, and Sisters
Fink and Fry, all engaged in the gos-pel
work. The saints came in from
Jennings, Jackson, Washington and.
Crawford counties, until quite a large
company had gathered on the ground.
We never attended a inqeting where
Satan endeavored to hinder the work
as he did here, in the way of sending
in evil spirits, spurious holiness teach-ers,
clairvoyants, and two demon
spirits representing Zion's Watch
Tower" of Pittsburgh. The battle
however, was the Lord's, and he in
this as always, gains the victory. Ma-ny
precious souls were saved. This
meeting was a; opening or meetings
in the city. - The tabernacle will be
pitched in New Albany this week
and meeting begun. Wife and Sis-ters
Fink and Fry, and Bro's Moore
and Schreiber expect to assist in the
meeting.
I came yesterday to this place
( Dodge, Ky.) to„ assist Bro. Carter.
I find a large field open for the gos-pel
here, and calls from every direc-tion.
Let us pray the Lord to send
more workers into the vineyard.
Who can come here and labor this
winter? It is quite probable we will
labor most of the winter in Southern
Indiana. We are on the advance
continually, reaching greater depths
of humility, and greater degrees of
faith day after day. Do not forget
to pray for us. Yours separated un-to
the gospel,
CHAS. AND MINNIE ORR.
JERRY CITY, 0., Sept. 1 3, 1894_
DEAR SAINTS: I am still sweetly
saved in my blessed Redeemer. I
arri ' Yfed home from Virginia, July 25.
Met with the dear sainis of God near
Springfield, Ohio. Had a good time
with them praising the Lord. Left
home the seventh of August. Came
to New Washington, 0., held meet-ing
jvith the little ones there, the
Lord meeting with us in power.
Taking leave of the dear ones. I
came on to Brother Wm. H. Miller's.
Was glad to meet the dear ones.
From there went to the Jerry City
camp ground and helped to get things
in shape for meeting in the evening.
During the day our hearts were made
glad by the coming of Brother Wor-den
and Co. and the dear saints from
various parts of the country. I be-lieve
this was one of the grandest
camp meetings ever held on this
ground. Some of the dear ones
found that they were not in line with
the Word as it went forth, but while
the Word discovered unto them their
true condition, they were willing to
make the consecration, and get the real
desire of their hearts. The Lord was
with us in mighty healing and saving
power. It was a grand settling down
in God. On the seventh in company
with Bro's Miller, Lea, and Mother
Smith, we went about five miles west
of Findlay, 0., and held a five days
meeting at Brother Longbrake's
house, as the Union meeting house
was closed against the saints of God.
Well did Jesus say, My word has no
place in you. The way is straight;
who can walk in it? Ans. The re-deemed
of the Lord. The word went
forth in power. Praise God! Four
dear ones consecrated; one baptized.
Praise the Lord for honest souls! A-mong
those that consecrated was a
t tzed firebrands could shortly go there •
with a • taberna. cie, they could gather
in a number of souls. If any feel led
to go, write to John Harriblen, Shinkle,
Fayette Co., Ill.
We went on to St. - Louis, Mo., and
attended what is called the Mrs.
Woodworth meetings. in their tes-timonies
they testified to the two def-
WAYNESFIELD, 0., Sept. 7, 1894. mite works of grace, and of the won-
BELOVED BRETHREN IN CHRIST: in 1 derful healing of their bodies. They
claim in their teaching and work
that they do every thing very much
as we do. But I notice in their
dress they are very much like the
sects. Also another peculiar thing,
some of them took fits of jerking and
shaking of their limbs, and their
whole body. They think it is the
power of God, but the minister said
there is a marked difference in God
shaking the people and the devil
shaking them. As we have no evi-dence
of such demonstrations of the
power of God either by precept or
example in holy writ, my conclusion
is that all such jerking and shaking
is from Satan, and that these people
pretty well mix up in the enemy's
lines.
From this place we went to St.
James, Mo., and out from town to
Bro. G. W. Beckham's, where we
held forth the Sword of truth for a
week. Brothers C. E. Hunter and
Carter came to us on Saturday and
labored over Sabbath. Three conse-crations,
and deep conviction rested
on some of the people. We went
back to St. James and held two meet-ings.
FrOm there we went to Rolla
twelve miles west, and preached on
the street at night to a good audience.
That night after meeting I was taken
violently sick; It seemed I could not
live, but praise the dear Lord, by the
laying on of hands and prayer and
faith, was instantly healed, and next
day had a meeting at Sister Light's.
Had a precious time. From there
we went on to Leabnon to the Mc
Grath C. M., some twelve miles,
on the beautiful ( Bennet) Spring
branch, where we met quite a number
of the saints and workers, had a glo-rious
meeting.
From there we went on to Car-thage,
Mo., and held a meeting for
nearly two weeks. God manifested his
glorious power in converting, sancti-fying
and healing, yet only in a few
instances. The church was much
strengthened. One brother who had
got very much mixed up in sectism,
got fully delivered. At the close of
the meeting we had a very precious
ordinance service. . Afterward re-turned
home where we are resting up
awhile, as we are very much worn
out. After resting a while we will be
ready to go wherever the Lord leads.
Yours in Christ,
A. MARKWELL, WIFE, AND SON.
346 Riverview St.
WICHITA, KAN., Sept. 3. 1894.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: After the
Grand Junction camp meeting, wife
and I and our son Wesley took our
journey through Illinois where we
stopped at one of my wife's brothers,
near a station called Shinkle, on the
Illinois Central R. R. Here we Com-menced
a meeting the same day at
evening in the southern M. E. house.
Preacher in charge present made a
good many amens to the truth, and the
people were much interested and de-sired
us to continue the meetings, as
we had told them we were , ready for
service. But the M. E. preacher
forestalled the matter by saying that
the presiding elder had given strict
charge not to let any one into the
house to hold a series of meetings.
But the trustees present thought they
had the power to open the house, and
for the first time found out that they
had no power to do so, though they
had paid the money for the build-ing.
They are wiser now, as they found
out that the bishop and. the preachers
he sends there, own the house, and
the people are the slaves of Babylon.
Oneof the members took it in hand
and had the school house, a mile away
opened up for the preaching of the
pure gospel a few nights. We had a
very good attendance. It was a seed
sowing time. If some of God's bap-
_
dear old mother eighty- one years
old. God bless those dear ones near
Findlay. They desire our prayers.
Bro. Miller and I are now making
arrangements to go to Virginia in
the near future. Pray for us. Yours
in him. • F. ROSENBERRY,
AND Wm. H: MILLER.
the name of the Lord we began June
23 tohold a series of meetings one and
one- half miles northeast of Wyanclott,
and continued two weeks. A few
saints are found in this- vicinity. This
meeting including three evenings at
Wyandott in the town hall, resulted
in four or five consecrations. From
there we went five miles west to Lit-tle
Sandusky, and commenced meet-tini,
ngn iend t htwe etolvwen d haaylsl. J Tuhyiys iwn aasn da cnoenw-place.
Conviction rested upon many,
until some would sit and weep; oth-ers
sanctioned the truth freely, yet
would not give up their sins, and sects.
There are prospects of a harvest
of souls at that place, as there were
many mr . en3us toward the truth, and
sinners were disgusted at the sects.
From there we went over to the Ma-rion
Co. meeting, at which place
Brothers Schell and Warren imparted
unto us many precious lessons,. After
the close of this meeting, we began
the battle for the truth Aug. 9, at
Pleasant Grove union meeting house,
about six miles north, at which place
one of the most deceptive sects hold
regular services. It is called " The
Church of Christ in Christian Union.
They preach very radically against
all sects and classify them as part of
Aabylon, and they are one of the
worst sects themselves. God did use
us in exposing this deceptive coun-terfeit
. We continued there ten
days. Five came to the altar. From
there we commenced meeting at
Pleasant Valley school- house. Here
we announced meeting for two even-ings,
and on the second evening, souls
began to come to the altar. The
Lord held us at this place fifteen
days, with some body at the altar
almost every service. Glory be to
God forever! Nineteep were buried
by baptism. In the evening about
forty assembled at the school- house
to obey the divine command of wash-ing
the saints' feet, afterward com-memorating
Christ's death and suf-fering
by partaking of the bread and
wine. The meeting closed the next
evening. We wish to thank the
saints and kind friends for their sup-plying
our needs. From there we
returned home. We will probably
hold a meeting or two in this vicinity
and then wherever the Lord directs.
Any wishing to write to us, address
us at Waynesfield, Ohio. Your
brothers under the blood.
LORENZO COOK AND JABOla MYERS.
Ralph, little son of
J. N. Howard, died
Aged eleven months
Funeral service by
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OBITUARIES.
PAYNE, a
Bro. and Sisteie
Aug. 15, 1894.
and ten days.
. KILPATRICK.
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
He ( Christ) is the head of the body,
the church. Col. I: 18. There being but
one head, there is but one body. Eph. 4: 4.
Cor. io: 16.
We ( who are saved) are the body of
Christ. Rom. 12: 5. God places us in the
body. I COr. 12: 18. Being baptized into
the one body by one Spirit. I Cor. 12: 13.
There is no sinner in his body. Eph. 5:
27. Nor any sin. I jno. 3: 5. I Cor. 6: 18.
The body receives nourishment from
Christ, the head. Col. 2: 19. Eph. 5: 29.
All the members of the body love one
another. i Cor. 12: 25, 26.
The body is fitly joined together. Eph.
4: 16. Tempered together. r Cor. 12: 24.
Knit together. Col. 2: 2, 19. There are no
schisms or divisions in the body. i Cor.
12: 25.
Christ is the Savior of the body. Eph.
5: 23. We are members of his body, his
flesh and his bones. Eph. 5: 30. Shall I
then take the members of Christ and make
them the members Qf an harlot? God for-bid.
IL Cor. 6: 15. Babylon the great is
Romanism the Mother of harlots, and her
daughters, the Protestant sects. Rev. 17: 5.
Know ye not that he which is joined to an
harlot is one body? i Cor. 6: 16.
The church, the body of Christ, has but
one head- Christ. The sects have many
heads. See Micah 3: II. The pope, car-dinals,
bishops, etc., are the heads; the
priests and preachers, that preach lies, are
the tail. See Isa. 9: 15. But in the body
of Christ, one is our, Master, even Christ,
and all we are brethren. Mat. 23: 8.
THE CHURCH OF GOD.
And thou shalt be called by a new name,
which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Isa. 62: I, 2. What is it? See Acts 20: 38.
I Cor. io: 32. I Tim. 3: 5. Yes, but there
are gods many. I Cor. 8: 5. But this is
the church of the LIVING God. I Tim. 3: I5.
For us there is but one God. i Cor. 8: 6.
The church is composed of living peo-ple.
I Cor. 14: 23. There are no conten-tions
among them. i Cor. 16. Because
God is not the author of confusion. i Cor.
14: 33. All the churches everywhere suf-fered
Paul and others to teach them, and
to ordain elders among them. See i Cor
4: 17. Acts 14: 23. Titus 1: 5.
The Lord " receives " the members ( see
conditions). 2 Cor. 6: 17. The Lord adds
to the church. Acts 2: 47. We go in at
the * door, which is Christ. [ no. to: g. The
preacher cannot open nor shut the door.
See Rev. 3: 8. You cannot join God's
church; some tried it once. Acts 5: 1- 13.
Her creed or articles of faith, are found
in Rev. io: 10. Mat. 4: 4. Her discipline
or rules of government, are given in 2 Tim.
3: 16, 17. Jno. 17: 8, 14. Psa. 119: 105.
She was built by Jesus Christ. Mat. 16:
18. You will learn the name Of her organ-izer
in I Cor. 12th chapter. She was build-ed
on the day of Pentecost. Acts 2: 47.
She has a class book. Phil. 4: 3. . It is
kept in heaven. . Luke Jo: 20. The Lord
writes and connts the members. Psa. 87: 6.
It is wrong to have your name written in
earth. Jer. 17: 13.
The Holy Spirit calls the ministers.
Acts 13: 2. And sends them to preach.
Acts 8: 29. Gal. I: I. Here is the preach-ers'
" circuit "- Mark 16: 15. They do.
not prefix " Reverend " to their names.
God alone is Reverend. Psa. I I I: 9. Je-sus
said: Render unto God the things that
are God's. Mat. 22: 21. They do not
preach on salary, for the hireling careth
not for the sheep. Jno. Jo: 12, 13. Sala-ried
preachers only care for their money.
Isa. 56: 1. If you wish to know how
God's ministers live, read Mark 10: 29, 30.
They all understand the Bible alike. Isa.
52: 8. Joel 2: 1- 8. Because the Spirit
guides them into all truth. Jno. 16: 13.
The gates of hell shall not prevail a-gainst
the church. Mat. 16; 18. ( The word
- " hell here is from the Greek word hacks,
- the " unseen," or the place where the
souls go at death.) Death is the gates to
the unseen. The reason that death does
not prevail against God's church, is, be-cause
we are one family in heaven and in
earth ( Eph. 3: 15), and when a saint leaves
this earth, he merely passes from the
church visible, to the church invisible to
us here.
But how about the man or woman who
" sins a little every day," and who is a
member in good standing, or perhaps a
bishop, or an " evangelist " in one of the
modern so- called churches that rnen have
founded? When he dies there is one less
in his sect. But did he or she, a sinner,
become a saint at death? No! See Rev.
22: II. Death the gates of the unseen
hath prevailed against his sect.
God's church is triumphant. 2 Cor. 2: 14.
Poor sectarian and sinner, repent and en-ter
into the church of the firstborn which
is written in heaven. Heb. 12: 23.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.
The church of the living God was build-ed,
organized, and established, in A. D.
33, by our Lord Jesus Christ. The crov-ernment
of his church is upon his shoul-ders.
Isa. 9: 6. To become a member of
the church, God's family, one must be
born in her. Psa. 87: 5. And in order to
remain in her we must be obedient to , all
the commands of_ Jesus. 1VIan lost- the
image of God through disobedience; it is
restored to him through obedience. It
required two steps on the part of our fore-parents
to become sinners.---- They first
conceived the sin, and secondly they com-mitted
it. See Jas. 1: 15. As it required
two steps to fall, so it requires two steps
to return to their original condition. " We
are changed into the same image from
glory to glory." 2 Car. 3: 18: The wash-ing
of regeneration and renewing of the
Holy Spirit. Titus 3: 5.
David says, " Behold, I was shapen in
iniquity, and in sin did my mother con.-
ceive me." Psa. 51: 5. This is the " inher-ited
sin " or " carnal mind " which every
child fhat is born into the world possess-es.
This is a plant which our heavenly
Father hath not planted. Mat. 15: 13. The
sin which doth- so easily beset you. Heb.
12: I. Therefore David saith again, The
wicked are estranged from the womb. Psa.
58: 3. This is the sin which inclines us to
commit sins as soon as we attain to the
age of accountability, and become sinners.
Jesus came to save his _ people from
their sins, Mat. I: 21, and to take away
the sin of the world. Jno. 2: 29. When we
repent of our sins, and forsake them, and
confess to God, and cry for mercy, God
for Christ's sake forgives us, and we be-come
as little children. Mat. 18: 3. We
are no longer sinners, but the " inherited
sin " remains. As we did not commit it,
it could not be forgiven.
The forgiveness of our sins was a com-plete
work, but another complete work
is necessary in order to be " free indeed,"
for as long as the Old root of bitterness,"
Heb. 12: 15, remains-, we are liable to get
angry and be quarrelsome, and " divide,'
as the sectariam have done, also to dress
Stylishly; and like Paul before he Was sane-tifie,
d, we are liable to " do the evil which
we would not." Rom. 7: 19. It was the
" sin " that dwelled in him that caused it.
Verse 20. He found deliverance from it
in - the 25th verse, and testifies to it all
through the 8th chapter ( see Gal. 2: 20).
The Son of God was manifested to destroy
the works of the devil. I Jno. 3: 8.
These two works of grace are taught all
through the Bible. I will here give a few
texts: Psa. 51: 2,7. Zech. 13: 1. Isa. 26: 12.
Rom. 5: 1,2. 2 Cor. 7: I. Titus 3: 5. I Jno.
1: 9. Rev. 7: 14. Also Paul's epistle to the
Hebrews. Paul said to the Hebrews, after
their sins were forgiven, " Go on to per-fection."
Heb. , 6: I. He well knew they
could not be perfect as long as the works
of the devil remained in them. He said
to his " brethren" the Thessalonians, " This
is the will of God, even your sanctification."
He told the Corinthians, ' 41 was minded
to come unto you before [ i. e. the time be-fore
this], that ye might have a second
grace [ margin]." 2 COr. r: I5.
Jesus prayed that the apostles who had
been regenerated or born again ( Mat.
19: 28) might be sanctified. Jno. 17: 17. He
also prayed that we might be. John 17: 20.
All the teachers, sent of God, in the prim-itive
church, taught two works, or heart
purity. Here are some extracts from the
teachings of Jesus, the apostles and others:
" Be ye perfect." " Everyone that is per-fect
shall be as his Master." " Serve God
without fear, in holiness and righteousness
all the days of our life." " Purifying their
hearts by faith." " Blessed are the „ pure
in heart." " Let not sin, therefore, reign
in your mortal body." " Without holiness
no man shall see the Lord." " Be ye holy
for I am holy." " He hath perfected for-ever
them that ire sanctified." " Purify
your hearts, ye double minded." " Walk
as he walked." " Pure as he is pure."
" Righteous as he is righteous." " As he
[ Christ] is, so are we in this world." " Ar-rayed
in fine linen," etc. These are only a
few of many.
The " white horse" under the first seal,
Rev. 6: 2, denotes the purity and holiness of
the primitive church. Bat Isaiah com-plains
that " the people of thy holiness
possessed it but a little while." Isa. 63: 18.
History verifies the fulfillment of this and
many other prophecies concerning the
church of the living God. The same pro-phet
predicted an awful night to follow the
bright pure " morning " of the church.
" Watchmanwhat of the night? watchman,
what of the night? The watchman said,
The morning cometh and also the night.
Isa. 21: 11,12. The watchman's answer is
one fraught with dark forebodings and
gloomy portent. As also the words of
Jesus ( Jno. 9: 4), " The night cometh when
no man can work."
Dear saints, let us sing praises to God
that we are in the " evening light," and
that the awful night of the apostasy is in
the past! Yes, " she that bath borne seven
langnished, she gave up the ghost, her sun
went down while it was yet day. Jer. 15: 9.
The earth was darkened in the clear day.
Amos 8: 9. But whence this awful dark-ness?
Paul said ( A. D. 54), " The mystery
of iniquity doth already work." 2 Thes.
2: 7. John, the beloved apostle, said ( A.
D. go), " Even now are there many anti-christs."
I Jno. 2: 18. The enemy- had sown
the tares of apostasy ( Mat. 13: 24.) among
the wheat ( God's church). Then came.
" the mystery of iniquity"-- Mystery Baby-lon
the great, the mother of harlots and
abominations of the earth. Rev. 17: 5. The
tares fast multiplied and increased. " The
living church retiring gradually within the
lonely sanctuary of a few solitary hearts,"
until in the year A. D. 270, grass darkness
covered the earth.
Her sun had gone down. " As long as
I am in the world - I am the light of the
world." Jno. 9: 5. But the Sun of right-eousness
was now discarded and papal
darkness reigned supreme. The pope was
declared the head of the apostasy, which
they also called the - church. He as God,
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing him-self
that he is God. 2 Thes. 2: 4. The
woman ( church) fled into the wilderness
where she hath a place prepared of God,
that they should feed her there a thousand
two hundred and threescore days, Rev.
12: 6,-- 1260 days. A day for a year, Num.
14: 34,- 1260 years. A long night, lasting
from A. D. 270 to 1530, when the Protes-tants
ratified the Confession of Aucrsburg.
The holy city shall they tread under foot
forty and two moriths. Rev. 11 : 2. If you
multiply 42 months by 30, the number of
days in a month, you have 1260, which de-notes
the same period as that in 12: 6. See
also 11: 3. The first beast ( popery) of
Rev. 13: 1, was given power to continue
forty and two months-- 1260 years. Rev.
13: 5.
In 1530 the reformation triumphed over
- Romanisrn, , and the beast was wounded.
See Rev. 13: 3. Thousands separated from
the Mother of harlots and joined the Pro-testants.
And to the woman was given
two wings of a great eagle, that she might
fly into the wilderness ( from one wilder-ness
into another, Romanism into Protes-tantism
) into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, times and a half a
time ( one hundred, two hundred and half
a hundred years), from the face of the
serpent. Rev. 12: 14. Protestantism con-tinued
from 1530 to 1880. The Protestant
sects are the " harlots and abominations of
the earth," because they came out of
Romanism, the mother. This second wild-erness
is identical with the second beast
of Rev. 13: 11. The two witnesses ( the
Spirit and the word of God) lay dead in
the streets of the great city ( Babylon)
three days and a half ( three centuries and
a half). Rev. ri: g. Why? Because they
had the form of godliness saenekdin bo- the
power, as the Methodist discipline has it.
But Paul makes it plain in 2 Tim. 3: 5,
" Having the form of godliness, but deny-ing
the power thereof. And how many
professors to day, declare, as they always
have done throughout the dark ages, that
the days of miracles are past, while the
Word declares that " these signs shall
follow them that believe," " and lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the
world!" It is because they had not the
power, but denied it. Ye shall receive
power after the Holy Spirit is come upon
you. Acts 1: 8. But the two witnesses lay
dead in her streets. The word of God is
a dead letter there, for they refuse to obey
it. Nor do they understand it. See Micah
3: 6,7, and Isa. 29 : 9- 14. Also Isa. 59: 1,2.
JOHN E. ROBERTS.
( To be confirmed.)
AN EXHORTATION
„ -
To THE ELDERS AND DEACONS OF
THE CHURCHES OF GOD. There are
repeated just and benevolent calls in
the TRUMPET for means, food or cloth-ing,
etc., to help provide for the sick
and afflicted, or for the worthy poor
and needy in various parts of the
country; which is all right, and they
should be carefully looked after by the
above ' larded officers especially, yea,
by all saints, with an untiring Christ-ian
love and benevolence. We ad-vise
and exhort all these named ra-cers
in the church, that, in the future
any persons sick, afflicted or needy,
in your community, county or state,
is needing the help or support of the
saints; if the elders locally, or evan-gelistic
elders laboring among you,
are aware of such needy ones, or any
of the saints, to report the same to
the deacon of that local congrega-tion,
or to the nearest congregation
of saints, where such help is needed;
that he take the matter in hand at
once and see to it in the love of God,
that such are at once cared for, by
calling upon that , congregation, or
upon the congregations in his reach,
for the needed help. And if this is
not sufficient, then let him at once
communicate the wanted help to any
or all of the deacons known to him,
or to the elders of the various church-es
of the saints in that county or
state, by private communication,
and thereby relieve _ the GOSPEL
TRUMPET office of publishing such
calls to the saints and church in gen-eral.
But should the above steps of
private callings for help thus fail,
then let the matter be reported to
and published in the TRUMPET. All
such matters should be as far as pos-sible
attended to by the deaconsand
thereby each congregation or the
neighboring congregations of saints,
take care of and support their own.
Let not the flying angels of the Lord
and their helpers attend to duties in
this matter, which are strictly your
own and within your calling. Dear
ones, let the Lord's flying angels have
as much time as possible for the study
and ministry of the Word. It is
not reason that we should leave the
word of God, to serve tables. But
we will give ourselves continually to
prayer and to the ministry of the
Word. Act 6: 2, 4. It is true that the
Lord's ministers and field workers,
are ever willing and _ consecrated to
attend to these or to any other of
Christian duties, and so is also the
G. T. office. But dear ones, we
should ever consider and do all we
can, to help them along in their own
and special calling; and yet, if any of
the ministers are among you labor-ing
or visiting in the gospel, any con-gregation
of saints wish to make and
send a contributio n to any of the
poor or needy, or to the TRUMPET
offi6e, by their hands, it is right and
proper, and in the New Testament,
Apostolic order. Let the deacons
carefully and frequently study and
read Acts 6: 1- 5. I Tim. 3: 8- 15. Let
all the saints in any state or commu-nity,
see that you all do your whole
duty by all poor and afflicted men,
especially those of the family of God.
And let none among you suffer want
or be in need, but faithfully inquire
into the state or condition of the
needy ones, or those who may be in
need among you, or within your
reach in any respect. Let all of the
saints read in the fear of God, Mat.
25: 31- 43, and _ let US all apply it to
ourselves individually. Amen.
F. N. JACOBSON.
TESTIMONIES .. t. 4
WONDERFUL.
a. 119: 120.
SOUTH CHICAGO, ILL.
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS: I
have a few words for the TRUMPET.
do thank God that I can sa y I am
reclaimed. Oh how merciful God
was to me! I do thank and praise
the dear Lord for what he has done
for me. He has healed me. Praise
his dear name! I am saved and
sanctified, and ready to do his will.
Pray for me and my family. Your
sister in Christ, ALWILDIA LEIBY.
WEST RUSHVILLE, 0.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel led of
God to testify what the Lord has
done for me. I am saved and trust-ing
him ever day. Praise God for
salvation! Last February God in his
goodness and mercy sent some of
his ministers down my way and they
preached the true light. . And the
more I heard them preach, the more
I felt my sins burden me. But thank
God tor his loving kindness to me,
I can say to day that I stand all for
Jesus. Therefore my heart is glad
and my glory rejoiceth. Pray for me
that I may always be found standing
for God and doing his will. Your
saved sister in Jesus,
NANCY HADWIC K.
ATLANTA, KAN.
DEAR SAINTS: I feel that God would
have me to tell you what he has done
for me. 0 praise his name! he first
showed me that I was a sinner. I
had so much of the love of the world
in my heart that I held to my pride
and would not yield. The Lord
showed me that I would be lost if I
did not give up. Then I said that I
would, and the devil said if I would
the girls would all forsake me. So
the devil had me hardened till I was
afraid to close my eyes at night. I
went on , that way for a month. It
was a terrible way to live. I did not
have rest with the world or saints.
So I told the Lord I would surrender,
if it took every friend I had. Oh I
do praise the Lord that I ever did
come to him. It is so sweet to live
at his feet. I can say the Lord has
healed me many times. Oh praise
the Lord! we have good meetings
here Sunday and Sunday night, and
once through the week. The Lord
is with us, and we have perfect vict-ory
in the meeting. The devil has
no hand in it. Praise the Lord for
salvation! Pray for me that I may
stand foritsus. Your saved and sanc-tified
sister, M INN IE B. DiTORE.
-
CANTON, OHIO.
DEAR SAINTS: We do praise God
for salvation and for the sanctifying
power that keeps us hid away in God.
I feel deeply impressed to write a-bout
what the Lord revealed to me
some time ago. We had laid all
medicine aside, except some grease
that we had to rub on when we had
colds. Our baby took sick with cold
and fever. We greased his breast, laid
hands on and asked God to heal him,
and went to bed trusting God to do
the work as he ofttimes had healed
us before. But the fever continued
all night. In the morning- while lying
on the bed, seeking to know the will
of God, there appealed one large eye
at my right side. I could see it very
plain. A whisper came, " That is the
all- seeing eye." Something told me
that I was trusting in grease, that I
had greased the child. I told God if
it was against his will to use grease,
we would not use any more. And
when I was willing to give up the
grease, the eye came directly over
me, and a whisper said, God is a
zealous God, and when we apply the
grease God does not get all the glory,
At once the fever was gone; the child
got well. To & ad be all the glory.
And I want to say, from that day to
this we have never applied any thing,
but take God at his word. Praise
the Lord! Is any among you afflict-ed
? Let him pray. Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of
the church, and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord; and the prayer
of faith shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up. James 5:
13- 15. Praise God for faith! What
a privilege God has given to his peo-ple,
to obtain the faith which was
once delivered unto the saints! Jude
3. Your humble sister, saved and
kept by the power of God,
RACI1EL M. STAUFFER,
CHATSWORTH, CAL,
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel led to
write my testimony to the TRUMPET.
Though I have never heard the even-ing
light preached, I am out of sect-ism
and it is out of me. Praise the
Lord ! I was a member of the M. E.
North sect for nearly three years, and
lived a Methodist after the strictest
order of my sect, attending socials,
fairs, and suppers, and reading funny
papers to them to make the people
laugh and have a good time, as the
world puts it. I knew no better and
thought it was just the thing to do;
but thanks be to God, I loved my Bi-ble,
and I began to study it and it on-ly
took me a short time to see how
inconsistent such actions were with
its teachings. So I must do one of
two things, give up such vanities or
be lost. Thank the Lord, I gave up
church entertainments and told the
people thatl would never take part
in another church entertainment. By
the grace of God I have kept my
word. They have no attraction for
me at all; I once loved them, but now
I hate them. Soon after I opposed
socials and began to read , scripture
condemning it, most of my old M. E.
friends began to forsake me and
falsely accuse me, and get up publicly
and try to contradict something that
I had said. This puzzled me, and I
began to study my Bible to find out
the cause. I soon learned that God's
people were all of the same mind and
of the same spirit, and that there
were no contention, strife or divisions
among them. So I came to the con-clusion
that they were not God's chil-dren.
So I heard the call sounding
from the Word, " Come out from a-mong
them and be ye separate, saith
the Lord, and I will receive . you."
And I obeyed the call and went to
the minister and told him to look on
me no more as a member of his
church, and to take my name off his
class book. He refused to do so, say-ing
he could not, and that I was a
good man, etc., and just to stay where
I was. But I. did not. stay; I came
out, and in a meeting told the people
how I had been led out of Egypt and
spent one year in the wilderness ( on
prubation ), two years a captive in
Babylon ( sectism), but now I had
crossed Jordan and had reached the
' land of promise, but I had many en-emies
to conquer, and much hard
fighting to do yet. And I find that
these words have come true; but I
find a great consolation in 2 Chron.
20: 15. Read it. And dear readers,
is not this a wonderful good reason
for not being afraid ! Here we have
it again, in the 17th verse.- Ye shall
not need to fight in this battle; stand
still and see the salvation of the
Lord with you. The Lord with us
is the secret of our strength. Go ye
therefore and teach all nations to ob-serve
all things whatsoever I have
commanded - you, and lo; I am With
you always, even unto the end of the
world. Amen. J. R. DANIELS.
Three Hundred Scriptures on the Church
FOR YOUNG CONVERTS AND OTHERS.
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Grand Junction Michigan, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1894. Volume 14. No. 87.
Our Only Refuge,
Thou art only refuge, Lord,
YiriArust Thy mighty arm;
In Thee, the Clefted Rock, we hide,
.. Secure from all alarm.
iny tame the righteous flee
41- 0 safely there abide;
A- tshough the power of sin abound,
Isrkeyil can betide.
JeSus, help us trust Thy word;
litoe we firmly cling;
0-" fsbield us from the storms of life,
Arpay Almighty wing.
0- 1401. ko; iis from the strife of tongues;
tylittoki us by Thy hand;
FtSyerkeep us bound to ' Phee
:-.- V-, Lote's unyielding band.
ii* Thy sacred feet we bow,
00. igess Thee Lord of all,
Aoko, owledge our own heIplcssness,
d for Thy grace we call.
- „
Wii_ efl Satan's fiery darts are hurled,
13e- Thou, 0, Lord, our shield;
And we fight the fight of faith,
aelp us Thy sword to wield.
rtirinble sacrifice we bring,
And on Thy altar lie;
Otirself and life we consecrate;
, TAO. this world we die.
mane Thou our hearts with grateful praise;
Teach us Thy holy will;
our-„ soul and body, mind, our all,
f Ow with Thy Spirit fill.
Lispire our life to holiness,
114mility and love;
Let and faith our portion be,
-,' Aud. wisdom from above.
/ 14iineforth for Thee, in Thee we live,
Yea, Lord, to Thee alone,
To share on earth a life of bliss,
And glory ' round Thy throne.
W. J. HENRY.
GOD'S ARMY.
HAT does it mean ? Well, we
look around about us in the
nation in which we dwell, and see
several classes. First we see are the
volunteers, who only have the uni-form
on for a short while; then we
have the regular army, the real sol-diers
who when they joined had to
leave all and give up, so that their
lives would be given up to their coun-try,
and stand and defend it at any
cost. Dear ones, that is the class
that God is calling out to be- soldiers
for him. Have you not heard the
call, " If any man come to me, and
hate not his father and mother, and
wife, and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple; and whoso-ever
cloth not bear his cross and come
after mecannot be my disciple." " So
likewise whosoever he be of you that
forsaketh not all that he hath, he can-not
be my disciple." No person can
misunderstand that call and say they
did not know they had to give up this
and gire up that. They have to give
up. ali; they will have to strip of
every thing of this world before God
will allow them to enter his barracks,
where he will try them and fit them
with the whole armor, before sending
thiaisout to fight.
But how is it so many souls find
themselves only volunteers instead
of re: a soldiers of God? It is be-cause
they have strayed into the
wrong barracks; for there are hun-dreilt
these sectish drill houses
scattered about on the hills, and in
these you cannot get on the whole
armor of God, for it is in the com-mand
of men and not God. Dear
oneFt these are perilous times, and if
you are going to stand, you will have
to get on the whole armor, and get
in the right barracks. I hear some
cry, " Oh where can I find the bar=
racks?" Thus saith the Lord but
in the last days it shall come to pass,
that the mountain of the house of
the Lord shall be established in the
tops of the mountains, and it shall be
exalted above the hills, and people
shall flow into it; and many nations
shall tome and say, Come, and let us
go up to the mountain of the Lord,
and tOtlx : house of the God of Jacob,
and he* 4. teach us of his ways, and
we will italk in his paths. For the
law shall go forth out of Zion, and
the word Of the Lord from Jerusalem.
NOW dear ones, the door of this house
is Jeins, Chfist, so you see to pass
throuthAUs ' door you must leave all
* hen you have passed
the door you become a child of God.
That is your rightful name, and it is
against God to take upon you a sect-ish
name; but it is your privilege to
gf . on unto perfection and present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy
and acceptable unto God, who will
sanctify the gift, who then will entrust
you with the armor, which consists of
a girdle of truth, and a breastplate of
of righteousness, and your feet shod
with the preparation of the gospel of
peace, which will prevent you from
sliding, and a shield of faith, also a
helmet of salvation, and lastly, the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word
of God, and you will have to use it
right and left; for the word of God
is quick and powerful, and sharper
than any two- edged sword, piercing
even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit, and of the joints and mar-roveand
is a discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart. Then re-ceiving
the power from God you are
sent to fight the good fight of faith,
to lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called.
N ooww being sent out, what have we
to contend for and defend? We have
to contend for the faith which was
once delivered to the saints, and we
must stand fast in one Spirit, with
one mind, striving together for the
faith of the gospel; for Satan knows
these are the last days and he is just
raking the pit to contend against the
saints; for he is . at the head of all
division. For ' re wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against princi-palities,
against powers, against the
rulers of the darkness of this world,
against spiritual wickedness in high
ph; ces; that is, sectish drill houses,
that are established on the hills.
Their rulers step out - to do battle in
the name of their god, and wave
their banner with the motto, " You
cannot live without sin" over their
heads. But they have so many com-mands
and so many orders from
the Baal priests, that they cannot see
eye to eye; so all is confusion, and
their ranks are completely broken up
when they are compelled to meet the
sword of God. For God has said, his
soldiers shall run like mighty men;
they shall climb the wall like men of
war; and they shall march every one
on his ways; and they shall not break
their ranks.— Joel 2: 7. So you see
God's soldiers see eye to eye; they
are all one; so it is impossible to
break their ranks. For the weapons
of our warfare are not carnal, but
mighty through God, - to the pulling
down of strongholds, casting down
imaginations and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowl-edge
of God, and bringing into cap-tivity
every thought to the obedience
of Christ.- 2 Cor. ro: 4, 5. So you
see dear ones, God never loses a
battle. So we must press the battle
against all obstacles that Satan can
bring to bear down upon us. But
endure hardness as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ. Never Mind the scoffs
and jeers of your friends, and the
persecution of sectish professors. For
what glory is it if when ye be buffeted
for your faults, ye shall take it pa-tiently?
But if when ye do well and,
suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this
is acceptable with God. For even
hereunto were ye called, because
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us
example that ye should follow his
steps.-- I Peter 2: 20, 21. Then as
true soldiers let us follow all the way;
for thus saith the Lord unto you, Be
not afraid nor dismayed by reason of
this great multitude, for the battle is
not yours but God's. So it does not
matter what great multitude Satan
brings to bear down upon us; and al-though
they look black and fierce,
God has said, fear not their faces;
and knowing the mighty power of
our Commander, we stand firm. Al-though
the whole world of darkness
come down upon us, they cannot
break the ranks of God's soldiers
who have on the whole armor of
God.
Now we read and hear of the army
of the nation falling short of supplies,
and being harassed and distressed
through the want of the same, when
on the forward march. But glory be
to God, his soldiers never want, for he
has promised to furnish all supplies.
Who goeth a warfare any time at his
own charges? Who planteth a vine-yard
and eateth not of the fruit
thereof? or who feedeth a flock and
eateth not of the milk of the flock ?—
I Cor. 9: 7. But my God shall sup-ply
all your needs according to his
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.—
Phil. 4: 19.
Well comrades, with these faithful
promises we should endure all hard-ness
for Christ's sake. And some of
the dear ones who are defending the
faith in foreign fields have found
how true to his promise is our Com-mander.
He has said, I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee. Now if
any of God's soldiers have received
orders for foreign fields, get on the
armor and take the sword, and march
in the name of the Lord, for he has
to do a mighty work through you.
For thus saith the Lord; and I will
utter my judgments against them,
touching all their wickedness, who
have forsaken me and burned incense
unto other gods, and worshipped the
work of their hands. Thou there-fore
gird, up thy loins, and arise and
speak unto them all I command thee
before them. For behold I have
made thee this day a defenced city
and an iron pillar and brazen walls,
against the kings of Judah, against
the princes thereof, and against the
people of the land. And they shall
fight against thee, but they shall not
prevail against thee; for I am with
thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee,
- Jen I : 16- 19. When in the world, how
many wehave met who have receiv-ed
their discharge from active service,
their time being up, and how many
leaders in the hills are lying down
at their ease, being discharged from
duty by their division as worn out; is
it so in God's army? No. For thus
saith the Lord, The oath which he
sware to our father Abraham, that
he would grant unto us, that we being
delivered out of the hand of our ene-mies,
might serve him without fear,
in holiness and righteousness before
him all the days our life.— Luke 1: 73,
74. Praise God! no worn- outs in
God's army; no discharge, but a com-mission
to press the battle to the end.
Now to get out of God's army we
should have to desert and flee back
to the enemy's camp among the hills,
and become a lost soul. And the
children of Israel cried unto the Lord
saying, we have sinned against thee,
both because we have forsaken our
God, and also served Baal. m.— Judges
10: lo.
Keep on the whole armor; do not
lay any part aside; for just as you do
the enemy will try and persuade you
to break your covenant with God
and desert, and the penalty of a de-serter
is death. But those that stand
firm and fight for the faith will re-ceive
God's promises. These are
And he : hall sand his angels with a great
sound of a trumpot, and they shall gather to-getherhfe
sleet from the fear vials, from one
end of heaven to the other.
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; Then
his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth
leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
So likewise ye, * when ye shall see all these
things, knew that it la neareven at the doors,
6latt. 24: 31- 33.
some of them. And Jesus answered
and said, Verily I say unto you, There
is no man that has left house and
brethren_ or sister or father or mother
or wife or children or lands, for my
sake and the gospel's, but he shall
receive a hundred fold, now in this
time, houses and brethren and sisters
and mothers and children and lands,
with persecutions, and in the world
to come eternal life.— Mark. 10: 29,30.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen
nor ear heard, neither have entered
into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them
that love him.- 1 Cor. 2: 9. I have
fought a good fight; I have finished
my course; I have kept the faith;
henceforth there. is laid up for me, a
crown of righteousness, which the
Lord, the righteous judge shall give
me at that day; and not to me only,
but unto all them also that love his
appearing. So you see what a won-derful
bounty God's soldiers receive,
that keep faithful till the end, fight-ing
under the banner with the motto,
" Holiness to the Lord." From your
brother in the army.
ROBERT W. CROASDELL,
Liverpool, Eng,
News From London,
S. E. LONDON, ENG., Sept. I, 1894.
DEAR BRO. WARNER: God bless
you. I have felt for some time like
writing to you of the work here. I
have canvassed the city pretty well
in the name of the Lord, going from
mission to mission, only to be rejected
when sectism was spoken against.
Even people who claimed to be non-sectarians.
Baxter's little sect, head
and all rejected me bitterly, and
warned people against me. For
months I went about seeking a peo-ple
of God, rejected and despised of
all men. Yet I did not lessen my
zeal and courage for the work of God
without any result seemingly; because
I had no means to do anything, yet
God most wonderfully supplied the
means for our support in a marvelous
way, when we knew of no friend on
earth to look to, but trusted in God.
There might have been much done
before this could we have had means
to secure a place to gather the
people together. Some have been
saved and accepted the truth but now
are gone. We have only received
io oo from America since we have
been in England this last time. Praise
God ! the Lord has provided and we
have paid four shillings per week, and
had something to eat all the time for
eight months in this wicked city a-mong
strangers.
Our experience here would be a
history indeed were it written. Praise
God ! Some two months ago I fell
in with some men claiming holiness,
unsectarian, etc. I attended their
meetings and was received gladly,
and the Lord did most wonderfully
bless me in talking to them, and they
rejoiced greatly in it until I got to
talking of the ordinances, Divine
healing, etc. when they rejected and
began to shut me off. Then God be-gan
to stir in my soul terribly. I got
up and rebuked them in their own
meeting, and the result was the meet-ing
was captured for God, and we
have been holding here ever since,
and several have accepted the truth
and got saved, All glory to God I
I then began to go to mission halls
and God did wonderfully pour gut
his truth and glory on the people,
and some accepted, but they began
to rage vehemently. One place near
here they accepted the preaching of
the Word, and the interest and crowd
began to increase, and the work re-vive,
and some began to see they
were not saved, and the leader, with
a puffed sectarian heart turned a-gainst
me, and I stopped there and
went to another. The Lord still
pouring forth his precious truth, the
people accepted holiness, which they
did not believe before. One dear
man of the mission, a professor for
years, saw he was not saved, confessed
it publicly and got saved with a real
experience.
A man fell and hurt his shoulder
and for about a week could not use it. I
visited him and God healed him, and
he instantly raised his * arm which
was restored. All glory to God! It
won them to the truth. The beast
powers were so strong and the open-ings
so great, I felt I needed help,
and I wrote for Lena to come, and
she came and God is moving things
gloriously here in London. There
are several calls and opening now.
We cannot meet all. We have meet-ings
here Tuesday and Thursday
. evening, and Wednesday, Friday, and
Sunday evenings at the mission. A
grand work is being done.
Saturday eve I have Bible reading
in a very popular part called the Gar-dens.
They requested it so they
could get light on holiness, etc. Mon-day
eve at a mission hall in a very
busy part, Peckham R'd, by invita-tion.
The workers there are out of
sectism and believe in holiness, divine
healing and unity of God's people.
A few days ago I recieved a letter
from a man at Stratford, East Lon-don,
about seven or eight miles from
here wanting me to come, as soon as
I can and preach, but I cannot now
leave the work here. I received the
addresses of two or three other mis-sions
where we hope God will do a
work in calling his people out. South-ern
London seems to be very ripe
for harvest.
LATER.
Sept. 4, 1894.
Sunday night, wife and I went to
Peckham to the hall and God did
wonderfully bless the meeting. Quite
an interest was manifest. The mis-sion
workers are much delighted and
encouraged. Pray much for us and
the work. Sister Lena is going on
with the work here, and I am going
from mission to mission hunting for
God's sheep. God is wonderfully
providing for us. He has furnished
us a home here that we do not have
to pay rent nor buy anything to eat
only as we wish to. Also, he has fur-nished
us with clothing. I received a
letter last night with five dollars. I
feel' God wants me to learn French
and perhaps go through France and
open the work. I do feel a desire to
hasten to India as soon as possible.
I would love to see my children, but
I do not feel I can come now. I desire
to follow the Lord. It will require
some means to go anywhere. Well I
am praising him for complete victory.
Pray for us. Yours saved. .
G. R. ACHOR.
70 Lordship Lane, E. Dulwich.
BLUE RIVER, D.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: do praise
dear Jesus for so great salvation. I
am sweetly saved and wholly sancti-fied,
and am kept by his mighty pow-t
r. " Many sh iII b purified, made
white and tried." Praise Jesus! Every
trial just sinks me deeper into Jesus,
and makes me feel and know my
need of him, and that without him
we can do nothing. It is a constant
stream of blessings flowing down
from above: since dear Jesus has sanc-tified
my nature. I ask the prayers
of all the saints that I may ever stand
I
firm for Jesus. Your brother in the
one body, EUGENE CROW.
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliv-er
every man his 53u1: to not out a in her
Iniquity; far thin it the time of the Lord's ven-geance:
he will render unto her a resompeaoe.
And the land : hall tremble and sorrow:
: very purpose a the Lord than be performed
ar-.'. not Babylon to make the land of Babylon
a denial: int the- tan inhabitant.
Ser. 61; 6. 2t
REQUESTS FOR PRAYER.
Pray for Mollie Benson, New Paris, 0.,
that she may be healed of bodily afflictions.
I have been very sick for the last six
weeks; pray for me. DAVID DAVIS.
Hunter, Ark.
Pray for me Sept. 29 that I may be
healed of serious bodily afflictions, and
that my faith may be strengthened.
ELLEN BOONE.
CALLS FOR MEETING.
We would like a meeting held here soon.
MINNIE SUTTON.
Lorraine, Elsworth Co., Kan.
We desire meeting here.
MELISSA STOUT.
Litchfield, Mich.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.
The Lord wants laborers here; there are
many wasting sheaves; would like to see
some true minister here this fall. Write
before you Come. J. H. HAWBAKER.
• •
Some one is wanted at once to go to
Fisher, Champaign Co., Ill. to hold a
meeting. A nice grove can be had and
the people are anxious to hear the truth,
Address J. ALLEN.
MEETINGS.,
Marshall, Oki., Oct. 18- 29.
Jeffersonville, Indiana, Sept. is to Oct. r.
A tabernacle meeting at Colfax, Wash.,
begins Sept. 16, to last about a month.
All invited to attend. F. N. JACOBSON.
There will be a tabernacle meeting
commencing in the town of Bolivar, Mo.,
On the 26th of Sept. Will continue as long
as the Lord wills. All come prepared to
take -" Care of themselves as this is a new
field. ° GEORGE E. BOLDS & Co.
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BIBLE READINGS.
ASSEMBLY MEETINGS.
Assembly meeting to commence Oct. 6,
1894 at Zion Grove,
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Tanoipahoa Parish, La.
thirteen miles east of Hammond, near
John A. Morris's park. Bro's A. L. Creal,
J. B. Mills and others are expected. All
are invited. W. W. BANKSTON.
EDGEWOOD, GRATIOT Co., MICH.
There will be, if the Lord wills, an as-sembly
meeting held at Hamilton, Gratiot
Co., commencing , Oct. 4. Bro. Grover is
expected. All are invited. The meeting
will be held nine miles east and one mile
south of Ithaca, Mich. W. A. MOORE.
GRAND JUNCTION, MICH. ASSEMBLY MEETING.
This meeeting will take place, the Lord
willing, Oct. 11- 18, at the camp ground
one mile north of Grand Junction. Many
are looking forward to this gathering to-gether
of the children of God as one , of
great power and glory on account of the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit when his
saints shall meet to worship in the beauty
of holiness, and sinners yield their hearts
to him, and the sick be healed of their dis-eases.
We believe this will be a time of
spiritual advancement, and a deeper set-tling
down upon the Word for a forward
move on the line of divine healing, and
general salvation work, and a better quali-
CAMP MEETINGS.
Winfield, Kan., Oct. 4- 15.
Camp meeting at Kensington, Smith
Co., Kan. to commence Sept. 20 and last
willing. over Sunday Sept. 30, the Lord willing.
Kensington is onthe Chicago, Rock
and Pacific R. R. Address Bro. J. C.
Thayer at this place. GEO. VIELGUTH.
WINFIELD, RAN. CAMP MEETING.
Will be held Oct. 4- 15, on the Chautau-qua
assembly grounds which the people of
Winfield have granted us the use free.
Everybody invited, both saint and sinner.
Let all who can come prepared to take
care of themselves. All those desiring
tents please notify me at once. This is the
first camp meeting of the church of God
held in this place. Let all come praying
that this meeting may be a grand harvest
for the Master. Your brother saved to
the uttermost. J. T. YEAMAN.
Akron, Kan.
STANDARD, OKLA.
The camp meeting that is announced in
the Trumpet as the Marshall meeting
should have been Standard, as it is the
nearest Post Office.. The camp- meeting
ground is on the farm of W. H. Mills, one
mile north of Standard and ten miles west
of Mulhall. Mulhall is the nearest R. R.,
it is on the Sante Fe R. R., and any one
coming there will be met by informing
Bro's West and Post, and those coming on
the Rock Island railroad stop at Hennessy
and some of the brethren will meet them
there. We are expecting a grand and
glorious meeting, and a harvest of souls
for God. From your saved sister.
BLANCHE MILLS.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
" In the fall of man is he totally de-prayed?
And in obtaining salvation must
he have the seed of God planted in the
soul? or is the seed of God left the
soul, and when the evil is destroyed in the
man the good will develop into a child
of God?
2. Is it wrong foi4 a child of God to at-tend
a fourth of July celebration?
I A. Wren's.
Ans. to 1st. The phrase, " totally
depraved" not being in the Bible, is
undefined by the Bible. Therefore
people attach vastly different ideas to
it, and whether man is or is not totally
depraved depends upon what is in-cluded
in the terms. We deem it
best not to use the language at all,
but describe the condition of fallen
man in scriptural terms. In obtaining
salvation must the seed of God be
planted in man? Ans. " Being born
again, not of corruptible seed, but in-corruptible,
by the word of God."
The word is the seed which produces
the new life. That is not something
inherited in man, but it is the truth
that comes from heaven, and is planted
in the heart. Salvation, or to become
a child of God, is not the result of
the growth of good after the destruc-tion
of theevil out of man. Were that
the case salvation were only a nega-tive
work, the removal of evil out of
the heart. But in both regeneration
and entire sanctification there is both
a negative and a positive work of God,
the removal of sins and sin, and the
infusion of life and holiness. If sin
were only a disease its purging would
leave the soul to develop into a child
of God. But sin has already put to
death the sinner. The extraction of
the fatal disease from a ; orpse would
not leave the body to develop into
health. Nay, it is dead, and a positive
miracle can alone restore it to life.
So is the sinner dead in trespasses
and sins, and the removal of the cause
of his spiritual death cannot restore
him to life. A positive miracle must
take place, the infusion of life from
God through our Lord Jesus. Spirit-ual
life is therefore not a develop-ment,
but a new creation. " For we
are his workmanship , created in
Christ Jesus unto good works." " New
born babes desiring the sincere milk
of the word grow thereby" but it is
ehe new birth that makes him a child
of God, and not the growth.
Ans. to 2d. A true child of God has
no inclination to go to such places
which are gathered and infused by
the spirit of the world, neither does May God indeed show forth in you
world" and not of the world, even as a. s sincere, and
. pledge you pardon,
Christ is not of the world.
professed Christian to be ' found at
such places is a testimony that he
loves the world, and in such the love
of the Father does not dwell. Hence
to be seen there is a contradiction to
his testimony that he loves God.
- A CONFESSION.
MC GRATH, MO.
To ALL THE DEAR TRUMPET READ-ERS
AND SAINTS OF GOD EVERYWHERE:
I want to state to the glory of God
in justice to his cause, and in behalf
of my salvation, and that of others,
what the dear Lord has recentl y done
for me. Praise his dear name forev=
er! I attended the camp meeting at
this place held by Bro. Bolds and Co.
in which the power of God was wond-erfully
manifested, reclaiming back-sliders,
coverting sinners and sancti-fying
believers. My eyes were open
to the fact that God had rejected me.
I now confess I had a free love spirit,
a spirit of adultery. Oh how I do
praise God this morning for deliver-ance
from the awful powers of hell!
The evil spirit had led me to speak
evil of Bro. Warner, and other saints
of God, also to false letter writing.
When God showed me my condi-tion.
I went in secret to pray, but had
no spirit of prayer. I sought repent-ance
and found no place of repent-ance.
I began to examine myself by
the Word, and God unfolded my in-ner
life as I never had seen it before.
I had an absorbing desire to pray
but could not. I seemed to be left
alone. I saw that i had been resting
on a delusive hope that I was saved.
I was being led captive by an almost
irresistible influence. I had but one
hope, that was in the prayers of the
saints. God pity the poor souls who
are in the deadly coils of this awful
delusion.
Glory to God he has set me free!
The devil was cast out in answer to
prayer. - I was allowed to repent and
the Lord in mercy saved my soul. I
am in his hands to day to do his will
from this time forever more. I ask
the forgiveness of all I have wrong-ed,
and I earnestly ask the prayers
of all God's saints that I may be en-abled
to walk in all the will of God.
J. W. SICKLES,
Lebanon, 0.
NOTE.
I met the above brother at a camp
meeting in Kan. a few years- ago. He
has met with the saints at a few other
places, but we have all felt there was
something seriously wrong with him,
and have labored with him; but no
real deliverance was reached. We
sincerely pray that henceforth he may
show the fruits of an entirely . new
life in Christ Jesus. We pledge him
our love, sympathy and prayers, and
we sincerely hope that the fruits of
righteousness may show forth them-selves
in him, that he may also have
the confidence of all God's people,
yea, and " a good report al- so from
them that are without."
0 my dear brother, flee from all the
works of the devil. Determine to
live honest in the sight of God and
men. Take sides always against
yourself. If some are long in repos-ing
confidence in you, be not offend-ed.
Confess in your heart before God
that you do not deserve the confi-dence
and fellowship of cod's peo-pie,
nor any blessing from God. Be
patient, if in an'actual new life, some
for the want of clear discernment,
seem to yet view you as under the
shades of the old life. Be patient,
and endure as seeing him that is in-visible;
and if you are really humble
and true to God you will in due time
compel the confidence of all good
people.
We humbly advise you to not be
in haste to assume the position of a
public teacher. Let God first try you
and prove you in a holy life. Keep
little and silent before him. Wait
on God. Let him bring forth your
righteousness as the Iig- ht of head7en.
AUGUSTA, GA., Sept., 13, 1894.
DEAR SAINTS: Bro. Charles Op:',-
lesby and myself, together with a
number of saints from this place,
went to Brown's Hill, S. C. The peo-ple
received the word gladly. We
found a goodly number of honest
souls, who were willing and anxious
to hear the word of God preached in
its wildly. Many were convicted but
would not yield to the wooings of
the One converted. Pray
much for the church here and at
Brown's Hill, S. C.
I. F. MACBETH,
AND CHAS. OGLESBY & Co.
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DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: We have
WEST LAINS, MO,
j ust returned home from the camp
meeting in Ripley Co., Mo. That
meeting will long be remembered On
gre about
aHcoclo; ntspoifritt. he; rohuetri.) eourvi,, ne of the
eighty- five consecrations. Praise our
God! We begin a meeting tomorrow
night in the name of Jesus, at Valley
Star school house. We are both
young in the work, and I ask all the
saints to pray for us that we may o-pen
our mouth to the furtherance of
theRg. oLsp. eL ci; kunAt Rne A.
ND R. C. MORE.
NEOSHO FALLS, KAN., Sept. 14, 1894,
The Bushong meeting was moved
to Allen, five miles east of Bushong,
and was not attended as well by the
saints as was expected although those
who did attend were much benefited.
We clo- Sed and took down the tent
Sept. 3, and went td Brother Haz-zard's
house and had a precious ordi-nance
meeting. We came on to this
place, and the Lord sent in many.
saints from different parts, and . set
the battle in array against the devil.
Victory was soon manifest and- the
praises of God began to increase.
God is sending forth his word with
power, and is helping the dear ones
to measure up. Yours saved,
J. COLE, G. L. COLE, & Co.
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DENVER, COLO., Sept. 3, 1894.
DEAR SAtyrs: We are praising God
for full salvation. All the members of
the body in this wicked city are enjoy-ing,
the sweetness and completeness of
redeeming love. Some try to hang
on, but the Word cuts them off. We
had a glorious ordinance meeting at
the residence of Bro. and Sister Wahl-gren's
yesterday P. M. God did
flood our hearts with his blessed Spi-rit.
Wife and I were over to Louis-ville,
Cofo., two weeks ago, and read
the Word to a small congregation.
Some honest souls there, but they
need the Word more frequently,
which they shall have, Lord Filling,
Your brother and sister all on the al-tar,
R. W. AND C. B. SWINBURN.
ALMOTA, WASH., Sept. I, 1894.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: May the
dear Lord richly bless you all. I am
glad to report victory and salvation
in Jesus' name. According to the
call in the TatennET for a meeting in
Rathdrum, Idaho, dear Bro's Peter-nian
and Moys, in company with the
writer, were used in holding a by'
weeks meeting there with victory 00
the Lord's side. There were five
consecrations for a clean heart, and
they declared their freedom from
Babylon. A sister who was a suffere
for about eight years, was healed
and is now able to attend to her
household duties. May the Lord
bless and preserve her soul and body
blameless and healed for his Praise
dnd glory. - There were other cas
es
of healing also. Praise the Lord fn, r
this wonderful salvation compl
him! The Lord helped and blesse.°
us in presenting his word. To
ete
bel.
name be all the glory. I am ollsjs
crated to go wherever the Lord leaud
Pray for me. Your broths,. save
and sanctified,
CONROE, TEX.
DEAR SAINTS: Please pray Sept. 29 for
the Lord to heal me of a bad affected
foot. It has been sore since I was twelve
years old. I have suffered many things of
doctors, but was done no good. I believe
God will heal me. I want to be healed
for his glory. Dear saints, pray earnestly
that day, and fast with me, as I am a great
sufferer. A dear sister here will fast with
us . Your sister, saved and sanctified
wholly, SARAH JONES.
Near Jerry City, 0., Sept. 5, 1894,
infant son of Bro. and Sister Alwood,
departed this life. Aged seven months
and three days. God bless the dear
ones in their bereavement. Text
Isa. 406,7,8. MILLER.
DIED, in Johnstown, Pa., Frances
B. Martel-. Was boin Jan. 22, 1869;
died Aug. 12, 1894; aged twenty- five
years, six months, twenty- one days.
She was a daughter of Bro. and Sister
Wingard. She leaves a husband and
three children and many friends to
mourn her loss. the Lord bless
them. Funeral services by the writer,
S. P. GILGER.
DIED, at Red Lion, Pa., Bro. M.
Bilow. Was born June 17, 1828;
died Aug. 9, 1894; aged sixty- six yrs.,
one mo., twenty- two days. He leaves
a wife and fourteen children, and
other friends. He told the friends
that he was ready to die at the Lord's
call. May the Lord bless and ever
keep Sister Bigelow, and may the
children give their hearts to the Lord.
Funeral services by the writer,
S. P. GILGER.
ARQUAND, O., ePt. 4, • 94.
• bEAR SAINTS OF GOD: We just
clbsed meeting near Cape Girardeau.
We found some division among those
who claimed to be in the light. This
was caused by some of the saints re-ceiving
a crooked spirit who came in
the garb of a holiness preacher, and
drinking in his doctrine. After much
earnest prayer and fasting on the
part of the children of God the Lord
did move wonderfully, and nearly all.
the little ones got free ' from the false
spirit. Our God did a good work,
and most of the little flock made a
real advance in the grace_ of God.
Some yet need to get down before
Gad: There were several consecra-tiortS
for pardon, and fifteen were
bap" flied, most of whom lately made
their escape from the dark cage of
Lutheranism. God has some very
predous saints there. God keep
them• firm and increase their faith.
W e had a precious ordinance meet-ing
in which thirty- seven children of
God- took part. God is mightily
stiffing all this river country in south-
' east M0. and . southwest Many
plates are now open for the truth,
where it has never before been
preached in its fullness. We are now
at Marquand, in the name of Jesus,
and God is working. We desire the
prayers of the saints for the work
here. Yours in the love and fellow-ship
of the gospel,
R. M. AND LIzzIE HAYNES.
V ICHEY, MO., Sept. 10. 1894--
DEAR CHILDREN OF GOD: We are
glad for the privilege to tell you, of
the goodness of God unto us, and to
the ' people of this country. Bro.
Bolds & Co. and myself left the Don-ipMn
camp meeting a few days be-forg•'
it dosed and went to Vichey.
' W4 1found quite a number of honest
truth seekers but not very many
saved people. The fact is, the devil
has defeated some of them so often
that he has found their weak points,
and they ( not getting to the point of
consecration where God could really
work through them to defeat the dev-il)
" would fall into condemnation.
Nearly all of these dear ones got
down before- God and confessed to
him, confessed to each other and
asked forgiveness, and then asked
God to forgive them, and got in line
with God seemingly as far as they
knew how, while some failed to get
back. Bro. Geo. Keeling came and
was with us through the latter part of
the meeting and helped us greatly.
Now I believe it would be to God's
glory for some old experienced work-eito
go into these parts and work
and- get the people settled on the
Word. One Bro, Jas. M. Bell who
has just recently escaped out of the
Methodist sect where he had been a
preacher for a number of years, at-tended
the meeting. We pray God
tetsinle him down and prepare him
for preaching in God's true church.
God bless all the People and reward
them for their kindness to us. We
ask the prayers of God's people.
Yours in Jesus,
C. E. HUNTER, GEO. E. BOLDS & CO.
FLOATING BETHEL, Sept. it, 1894.
DEAR BRETHREN: God bless you
all. We have not written to the
TRUMPET for some time, and as we
have a short time to stay here before
going to the W. Virginia camp meet-ing,
I thought I would write and let
the saints know where I am and how
I do. I left the Melrose meeting for
Smithport camp meeting where I ar-rived
the second day after leaying
Melrose, and, found Bro's Riggle,
Clayton and others engaged in a go_ od
lively meeting, the result of which
has'begn reported by Bro. Riggle.
From - this place I went to the Mc
Coanensburg camp meeting in com-
P. Oy with Bro's Riggle and Wolf and
where we arrived in due time,
and fond a grove seated which ac-c-
clilat d all that were in attend-attee.
Well- we didnot find all, that pro-
- fes. d.' ee.- out on this narrow way, in as
go54; a._ Fondition as they might have
beenimvertheless God 1Dlessed his
DODGE, KENTUCKY, Sept. 6, 1894.
We wish to report to all . the house-hold
of faith, our labor in the Lord
•-, 1 I cc the Grand Junction camp meet-ihg.
On July 3, we, in company with
Bro. W. Merritt and wife came to
Benton Harbor, Mich. and began
meeting in Union Chapel. So far as
was apparent, but little was accom-plished.
A very few who had be-come
careless renewed their coven-ant
with God, but very few came out
to the meetings. July 19 we came to
Buchanan, and soon had the large
tent up and ready for meeting. Here
the meetings were well attended and
few souls were saved and many were won to the truth, and the
,
were added, by the Lord, to the
church. May God bless the little
Company of saints in and near Mc
Connellsburgh. When the time camt
for our departure from this place,
Bro. Raker carried us over in a hack
to Three Springs, where we took
train for Venango Co. camp meeting,
where we arrived at the appointed
time and found a beautiful grove
prepared in which the saints of God
pitched their tents, and the Lord
granted them a glorious time of re-freshing
from the presence of the
Lord. This camp ground is situated
about two miles from Emlenton Sta-tion
on the A. V. R. R. There were
a good number of consecrations, and
during the camp meeting there were
about twenty buried with - Christ in
baptism. The last Saturday evening
of the meeting,. - the saints showed
the Lord's death. There were about
one hundred saints present on this
solemn occasion. We left the Ve-nango
camp ground with Bro. Clay-ton,
enrout for Mole Hill, W. Virgin-ia.
Let all the dear saints remember
us in your prayers. Your saved and
sanctified brother in Christ,
A. J. KILPATRICK.
NORTH PLATTE,' NEB. Sept. 12, 1894.
DEAR TRUMPET FAMILY: • We • are
glad to report victory for King Jesus.
The work is moving on hear glori-ously
and souls • are being saved.
The devil thought at first that we
were nothing but " feeble Jews" and
would accomplish nothing, but he
was disappointed, and when his do-main
began to tremble under the
mighty word of God, he sent around
his priests to try to effect a compro-mise;
but we stood and still stand. on
the immutable word of God, and can
not give one particle. Failing in this
he then began to publish lies in order
to defeat the work. But the devils
are subject unto us in Jesus' name.
Hallelujah! The devil has even
threatened to starve us out, but we
" fear no evil" for he that is for us
is more than all they that are against
us. God is supplying all our needs
according to his riches in glory. We
are holding two meetings every
night, one on the street up in the
central ' part, and one in the north
part, although we have no light but
that of the moon, no shelter but the
starry heavens, no seats but the grass,
sidewalks, and a few chairs that some
of the older people bring along. Yet
as we see the people assembled
around and seated, and as we begin
to sing the songs of Zion, to see them
coming from all directions, it fills us
with a mighty zeal, and thrills our
souls with joy as we proclaim the
words of eternal life as the Spirit
giveth utterance. There have been
four consecrations at these open air
meetings, and several have asked
our prayers. The country is stirred
up for twenty- five miles around, and
we have ten or twelve calls ahead.
The country - is being well sown with
literature; people come every once in
a while asking for tracts. We are now
laboring with our hands to pay for
rent, and are glad- to do anything we
can for the salvation of souls and be
as little burden as possible. Times
are hard; every thing is burned up,
except some few fields that were
under ditches. There will be lots of
suffering here this winter; but it is a
grand time for soul harvest. We ask
all the dear ones everywhere to pray
for us. ° Yours in the gospel work,
saved and kept,
MASTER, RANDOLPH AND CO.
Lord saved unto • himself a precious
company of saints who if properly
taught and cared for by those who
have longer been in the way of truth
will settle upon the word so as to be
able to stand. Great responsibility
rests upon those whom God has left
in charge- there- in caring for this
flock. May the Lord give them wis-dom.
•
From there we came to the Bea-ver
Dam camp meeting. This meet-ing
we enjoyed so well, and were so
greatly benefited, that as time rolls
on we can only-. look back to it in
pleasure. But here we were called
to endure the pains of separation
from our beloved brother and sister
Merritt, the Lord sending them to
Columbia City, and ourselves in com-pany
with Bro. E. E. Byrum to the
Floyd's Knob's, Ind. camp meeting.
Here we met with Bro's Keeling,
Moore, and Schreiber, and Sisters
Fink and Fry, all engaged in the gos-pel
work. The saints came in from
Jennings, Jackson, Washington and.
Crawford counties, until quite a large
company had gathered on the ground.
We never attended a inqeting where
Satan endeavored to hinder the work
as he did here, in the way of sending
in evil spirits, spurious holiness teach-ers,
clairvoyants, and two demon
spirits representing Zion's Watch
Tower" of Pittsburgh. The battle
however, was the Lord's, and he in
this as always, gains the victory. Ma-ny
precious souls were saved. This
meeting was a; opening or meetings
in the city. - The tabernacle will be
pitched in New Albany this week
and meeting begun. Wife and Sis-ters
Fink and Fry, and Bro's Moore
and Schreiber expect to assist in the
meeting.
I came yesterday to this place
( Dodge, Ky.) to„ assist Bro. Carter.
I find a large field open for the gos-pel
here, and calls from every direc-tion.
Let us pray the Lord to send
more workers into the vineyard.
Who can come here and labor this
winter? It is quite probable we will
labor most of the winter in Southern
Indiana. We are on the advance
continually, reaching greater depths
of humility, and greater degrees of
faith day after day. Do not forget
to pray for us. Yours separated un-to
the gospel,
CHAS. AND MINNIE ORR.
JERRY CITY, 0., Sept. 1 3, 1894_
DEAR SAINTS: I am still sweetly
saved in my blessed Redeemer. I
arri ' Yfed home from Virginia, July 25.
Met with the dear sainis of God near
Springfield, Ohio. Had a good time
with them praising the Lord. Left
home the seventh of August. Came
to New Washington, 0., held meet-ing
jvith the little ones there, the
Lord meeting with us in power.
Taking leave of the dear ones. I
came on to Brother Wm. H. Miller's.
Was glad to meet the dear ones.
From there went to the Jerry City
camp ground and helped to get things
in shape for meeting in the evening.
During the day our hearts were made
glad by the coming of Brother Wor-den
and Co. and the dear saints from
various parts of the country. I be-lieve
this was one of the grandest
camp meetings ever held on this
ground. Some of the dear ones
found that they were not in line with
the Word as it went forth, but while
the Word discovered unto them their
true condition, they were willing to
make the consecration, and get the real
desire of their hearts. The Lord was
with us in mighty healing and saving
power. It was a grand settling down
in God. On the seventh in company
with Bro's Miller, Lea, and Mother
Smith, we went about five miles west
of Findlay, 0., and held a five days
meeting at Brother Longbrake's
house, as the Union meeting house
was closed against the saints of God.
Well did Jesus say, My word has no
place in you. The way is straight;
who can walk in it? Ans. The re-deemed
of the Lord. The word went
forth in power. Praise God! Four
dear ones consecrated; one baptized.
Praise the Lord for honest souls! A-mong
those that consecrated was a
t tzed firebrands could shortly go there •
with a • taberna. cie, they could gather
in a number of souls. If any feel led
to go, write to John Harriblen, Shinkle,
Fayette Co., Ill.
We went on to St. - Louis, Mo., and
attended what is called the Mrs.
Woodworth meetings. in their tes-timonies
they testified to the two def-
WAYNESFIELD, 0., Sept. 7, 1894. mite works of grace, and of the won-
BELOVED BRETHREN IN CHRIST: in 1 derful healing of their bodies. They
claim in their teaching and work
that they do every thing very much
as we do. But I notice in their
dress they are very much like the
sects. Also another peculiar thing,
some of them took fits of jerking and
shaking of their limbs, and their
whole body. They think it is the
power of God, but the minister said
there is a marked difference in God
shaking the people and the devil
shaking them. As we have no evi-dence
of such demonstrations of the
power of God either by precept or
example in holy writ, my conclusion
is that all such jerking and shaking
is from Satan, and that these people
pretty well mix up in the enemy's
lines.
From this place we went to St.
James, Mo., and out from town to
Bro. G. W. Beckham's, where we
held forth the Sword of truth for a
week. Brothers C. E. Hunter and
Carter came to us on Saturday and
labored over Sabbath. Three conse-crations,
and deep conviction rested
on some of the people. We went
back to St. James and held two meet-ings.
FrOm there we went to Rolla
twelve miles west, and preached on
the street at night to a good audience.
That night after meeting I was taken
violently sick; It seemed I could not
live, but praise the dear Lord, by the
laying on of hands and prayer and
faith, was instantly healed, and next
day had a meeting at Sister Light's.
Had a precious time. From there
we went on to Leabnon to the Mc
Grath C. M., some twelve miles,
on the beautiful ( Bennet) Spring
branch, where we met quite a number
of the saints and workers, had a glo-rious
meeting.
From there we went on to Car-thage,
Mo., and held a meeting for
nearly two weeks. God manifested his
glorious power in converting, sancti-fying
and healing, yet only in a few
instances. The church was much
strengthened. One brother who had
got very much mixed up in sectism,
got fully delivered. At the close of
the meeting we had a very precious
ordinance service. . Afterward re-turned
home where we are resting up
awhile, as we are very much worn
out. After resting a while we will be
ready to go wherever the Lord leads.
Yours in Christ,
A. MARKWELL, WIFE, AND SON.
346 Riverview St.
WICHITA, KAN., Sept. 3. 1894.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: After the
Grand Junction camp meeting, wife
and I and our son Wesley took our
journey through Illinois where we
stopped at one of my wife's brothers,
near a station called Shinkle, on the
Illinois Central R. R. Here we Com-menced
a meeting the same day at
evening in the southern M. E. house.
Preacher in charge present made a
good many amens to the truth, and the
people were much interested and de-sired
us to continue the meetings, as
we had told them we were , ready for
service. But the M. E. preacher
forestalled the matter by saying that
the presiding elder had given strict
charge not to let any one into the
house to hold a series of meetings.
But the trustees present thought they
had the power to open the house, and
for the first time found out that they
had no power to do so, though they
had paid the money for the build-ing.
They are wiser now, as they found
out that the bishop and. the preachers
he sends there, own the house, and
the people are the slaves of Babylon.
Oneof the members took it in hand
and had the school house, a mile away
opened up for the preaching of the
pure gospel a few nights. We had a
very good attendance. It was a seed
sowing time. If some of God's bap-
_
dear old mother eighty- one years
old. God bless those dear ones near
Findlay. They desire our prayers.
Bro. Miller and I are now making
arrangements to go to Virginia in
the near future. Pray for us. Yours
in him. • F. ROSENBERRY,
AND Wm. H: MILLER.
the name of the Lord we began June
23 tohold a series of meetings one and
one- half miles northeast of Wyanclott,
and continued two weeks. A few
saints are found in this- vicinity. This
meeting including three evenings at
Wyandott in the town hall, resulted
in four or five consecrations. From
there we went five miles west to Lit-tle
Sandusky, and commenced meet-tini,
ngn iend t htwe etolvwen d haaylsl. J Tuhyiys iwn aasn da cnoenw-place.
Conviction rested upon many,
until some would sit and weep; oth-ers
sanctioned the truth freely, yet
would not give up their sins, and sects.
There are prospects of a harvest
of souls at that place, as there were
many mr . en3us toward the truth, and
sinners were disgusted at the sects.
From there we went over to the Ma-rion
Co. meeting, at which place
Brothers Schell and Warren imparted
unto us many precious lessons,. After
the close of this meeting, we began
the battle for the truth Aug. 9, at
Pleasant Grove union meeting house,
about six miles north, at which place
one of the most deceptive sects hold
regular services. It is called " The
Church of Christ in Christian Union.
They preach very radically against
all sects and classify them as part of
Aabylon, and they are one of the
worst sects themselves. God did use
us in exposing this deceptive coun-terfeit
. We continued there ten
days. Five came to the altar. From
there we commenced meeting at
Pleasant Valley school- house. Here
we announced meeting for two even-ings,
and on the second evening, souls
began to come to the altar. The
Lord held us at this place fifteen
days, with some body at the altar
almost every service. Glory be to
God forever! Nineteep were buried
by baptism. In the evening about
forty assembled at the school- house
to obey the divine command of wash-ing
the saints' feet, afterward com-memorating
Christ's death and suf-fering
by partaking of the bread and
wine. The meeting closed the next
evening. We wish to thank the
saints and kind friends for their sup-plying
our needs. From there we
returned home. We will probably
hold a meeting or two in this vicinity
and then wherever the Lord directs.
Any wishing to write to us, address
us at Waynesfield, Ohio. Your
brothers under the blood.
LORENZO COOK AND JABOla MYERS.
Ralph, little son of
J. N. Howard, died
Aged eleven months
Funeral service by
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OBITUARIES.
PAYNE, a
Bro. and Sisteie
Aug. 15, 1894.
and ten days.
. KILPATRICK.
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
He ( Christ) is the head of the body,
the church. Col. I: 18. There being but
one head, there is but one body. Eph. 4: 4.
Cor. io: 16.
We ( who are saved) are the body of
Christ. Rom. 12: 5. God places us in the
body. I COr. 12: 18. Being baptized into
the one body by one Spirit. I Cor. 12: 13.
There is no sinner in his body. Eph. 5:
27. Nor any sin. I jno. 3: 5. I Cor. 6: 18.
The body receives nourishment from
Christ, the head. Col. 2: 19. Eph. 5: 29.
All the members of the body love one
another. i Cor. 12: 25, 26.
The body is fitly joined together. Eph.
4: 16. Tempered together. r Cor. 12: 24.
Knit together. Col. 2: 2, 19. There are no
schisms or divisions in the body. i Cor.
12: 25.
Christ is the Savior of the body. Eph.
5: 23. We are members of his body, his
flesh and his bones. Eph. 5: 30. Shall I
then take the members of Christ and make
them the members Qf an harlot? God for-bid.
IL Cor. 6: 15. Babylon the great is
Romanism the Mother of harlots, and her
daughters, the Protestant sects. Rev. 17: 5.
Know ye not that he which is joined to an
harlot is one body? i Cor. 6: 16.
The church, the body of Christ, has but
one head- Christ. The sects have many
heads. See Micah 3: II. The pope, car-dinals,
bishops, etc., are the heads; the
priests and preachers, that preach lies, are
the tail. See Isa. 9: 15. But in the body
of Christ, one is our, Master, even Christ,
and all we are brethren. Mat. 23: 8.
THE CHURCH OF GOD.
And thou shalt be called by a new name,
which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Isa. 62: I, 2. What is it? See Acts 20: 38.
I Cor. io: 32. I Tim. 3: 5. Yes, but there
are gods many. I Cor. 8: 5. But this is
the church of the LIVING God. I Tim. 3: I5.
For us there is but one God. i Cor. 8: 6.
The church is composed of living peo-ple.
I Cor. 14: 23. There are no conten-tions
among them. i Cor. 16. Because
God is not the author of confusion. i Cor.
14: 33. All the churches everywhere suf-fered
Paul and others to teach them, and
to ordain elders among them. See i Cor
4: 17. Acts 14: 23. Titus 1: 5.
The Lord " receives " the members ( see
conditions). 2 Cor. 6: 17. The Lord adds
to the church. Acts 2: 47. We go in at
the * door, which is Christ. [ no. to: g. The
preacher cannot open nor shut the door.
See Rev. 3: 8. You cannot join God's
church; some tried it once. Acts 5: 1- 13.
Her creed or articles of faith, are found
in Rev. io: 10. Mat. 4: 4. Her discipline
or rules of government, are given in 2 Tim.
3: 16, 17. Jno. 17: 8, 14. Psa. 119: 105.
She was built by Jesus Christ. Mat. 16:
18. You will learn the name Of her organ-izer
in I Cor. 12th chapter. She was build-ed
on the day of Pentecost. Acts 2: 47.
She has a class book. Phil. 4: 3. . It is
kept in heaven. . Luke Jo: 20. The Lord
writes and connts the members. Psa. 87: 6.
It is wrong to have your name written in
earth. Jer. 17: 13.
The Holy Spirit calls the ministers.
Acts 13: 2. And sends them to preach.
Acts 8: 29. Gal. I: I. Here is the preach-ers'
" circuit "- Mark 16: 15. They do.
not prefix " Reverend " to their names.
God alone is Reverend. Psa. I I I: 9. Je-sus
said: Render unto God the things that
are God's. Mat. 22: 21. They do not
preach on salary, for the hireling careth
not for the sheep. Jno. Jo: 12, 13. Sala-ried
preachers only care for their money.
Isa. 56: 1. If you wish to know how
God's ministers live, read Mark 10: 29, 30.
They all understand the Bible alike. Isa.
52: 8. Joel 2: 1- 8. Because the Spirit
guides them into all truth. Jno. 16: 13.
The gates of hell shall not prevail a-gainst
the church. Mat. 16; 18. ( The word
- " hell here is from the Greek word hacks,
- the " unseen" or the place where the
souls go at death.) Death is the gates to
the unseen. The reason that death does
not prevail against God's church, is, be-cause
we are one family in heaven and in
earth ( Eph. 3: 15), and when a saint leaves
this earth, he merely passes from the
church visible, to the church invisible to
us here.
But how about the man or woman who
" sins a little every day" and who is a
member in good standing, or perhaps a
bishop, or an " evangelist " in one of the
modern so- called churches that rnen have
founded? When he dies there is one less
in his sect. But did he or she, a sinner,
become a saint at death? No! See Rev.
22: II. Death the gates of the unseen
hath prevailed against his sect.
God's church is triumphant. 2 Cor. 2: 14.
Poor sectarian and sinner, repent and en-ter
into the church of the firstborn which
is written in heaven. Heb. 12: 23.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CHURCH.
The church of the living God was build-ed,
organized, and established, in A. D.
33, by our Lord Jesus Christ. The crov-ernment
of his church is upon his shoul-ders.
Isa. 9: 6. To become a member of
the church, God's family, one must be
born in her. Psa. 87: 5. And in order to
remain in her we must be obedient to , all
the commands of_ Jesus. 1VIan lost- the
image of God through disobedience; it is
restored to him through obedience. It
required two steps on the part of our fore-parents
to become sinners.---- They first
conceived the sin, and secondly they com-mitted
it. See Jas. 1: 15. As it required
two steps to fall, so it requires two steps
to return to their original condition. " We
are changed into the same image from
glory to glory." 2 Car. 3: 18: The wash-ing
of regeneration and renewing of the
Holy Spirit. Titus 3: 5.
David says, " Behold, I was shapen in
iniquity, and in sin did my mother con.-
ceive me." Psa. 51: 5. This is the " inher-ited
sin " or " carnal mind " which every
child fhat is born into the world possess-es.
This is a plant which our heavenly
Father hath not planted. Mat. 15: 13. The
sin which doth- so easily beset you. Heb.
12: I. Therefore David saith again, The
wicked are estranged from the womb. Psa.
58: 3. This is the sin which inclines us to
commit sins as soon as we attain to the
age of accountability, and become sinners.
Jesus came to save his _ people from
their sins, Mat. I: 21, and to take away
the sin of the world. Jno. 2: 29. When we
repent of our sins, and forsake them, and
confess to God, and cry for mercy, God
for Christ's sake forgives us, and we be-come
as little children. Mat. 18: 3. We
are no longer sinners, but the " inherited
sin " remains. As we did not commit it,
it could not be forgiven.
The forgiveness of our sins was a com-plete
work, but another complete work
is necessary in order to be " free indeed"
for as long as the Old root of bitterness"
Heb. 12: 15, remains-, we are liable to get
angry and be quarrelsome, and " divide,'
as the sectariam have done, also to dress
Stylishly; and like Paul before he Was sane-tifie,
d, we are liable to " do the evil which
we would not." Rom. 7: 19. It was the
" sin " that dwelled in him that caused it.
Verse 20. He found deliverance from it
in - the 25th verse, and testifies to it all
through the 8th chapter ( see Gal. 2: 20).
The Son of God was manifested to destroy
the works of the devil. I Jno. 3: 8.
These two works of grace are taught all
through the Bible. I will here give a few
texts: Psa. 51: 2,7. Zech. 13: 1. Isa. 26: 12.
Rom. 5: 1,2. 2 Cor. 7: I. Titus 3: 5. I Jno.
1: 9. Rev. 7: 14. Also Paul's epistle to the
Hebrews. Paul said to the Hebrews, after
their sins were forgiven, " Go on to per-fection."
Heb. , 6: I. He well knew they
could not be perfect as long as the works
of the devil remained in them. He said
to his " brethren" the Thessalonians, " This
is the will of God, even your sanctification."
He told the Corinthians, ' 41 was minded
to come unto you before [ i. e. the time be-fore
this], that ye might have a second
grace [ margin]." 2 COr. r: I5.
Jesus prayed that the apostles who had
been regenerated or born again ( Mat.
19: 28) might be sanctified. Jno. 17: 17. He
also prayed that we might be. John 17: 20.
All the teachers, sent of God, in the prim-itive
church, taught two works, or heart
purity. Here are some extracts from the
teachings of Jesus, the apostles and others:
" Be ye perfect." " Everyone that is per-fect
shall be as his Master." " Serve God
without fear, in holiness and righteousness
all the days of our life." " Purifying their
hearts by faith." " Blessed are the „ pure
in heart." " Let not sin, therefore, reign
in your mortal body." " Without holiness
no man shall see the Lord." " Be ye holy
for I am holy." " He hath perfected for-ever
them that ire sanctified." " Purify
your hearts, ye double minded." " Walk
as he walked." " Pure as he is pure."
" Righteous as he is righteous." " As he
[ Christ] is, so are we in this world." " Ar-rayed
in fine linen" etc. These are only a
few of many.
The " white horse" under the first seal,
Rev. 6: 2, denotes the purity and holiness of
the primitive church. Bat Isaiah com-plains
that " the people of thy holiness
possessed it but a little while." Isa. 63: 18.
History verifies the fulfillment of this and
many other prophecies concerning the
church of the living God. The same pro-phet
predicted an awful night to follow the
bright pure " morning " of the church.
" Watchmanwhat of the night? watchman,
what of the night? The watchman said,
The morning cometh and also the night.
Isa. 21: 11,12. The watchman's answer is
one fraught with dark forebodings and
gloomy portent. As also the words of
Jesus ( Jno. 9: 4), " The night cometh when
no man can work."
Dear saints, let us sing praises to God
that we are in the " evening light" and
that the awful night of the apostasy is in
the past! Yes, " she that bath borne seven
langnished, she gave up the ghost, her sun
went down while it was yet day. Jer. 15: 9.
The earth was darkened in the clear day.
Amos 8: 9. But whence this awful dark-ness?
Paul said ( A. D. 54), " The mystery
of iniquity doth already work." 2 Thes.
2: 7. John, the beloved apostle, said ( A.
D. go), " Even now are there many anti-christs."
I Jno. 2: 18. The enemy- had sown
the tares of apostasy ( Mat. 13: 24.) among
the wheat ( God's church). Then came.
" the mystery of iniquity"-- Mystery Baby-lon
the great, the mother of harlots and
abominations of the earth. Rev. 17: 5. The
tares fast multiplied and increased. " The
living church retiring gradually within the
lonely sanctuary of a few solitary hearts"
until in the year A. D. 270, grass darkness
covered the earth.
Her sun had gone down. " As long as
I am in the world - I am the light of the
world." Jno. 9: 5. But the Sun of right-eousness
was now discarded and papal
darkness reigned supreme. The pope was
declared the head of the apostasy, which
they also called the - church. He as God,
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing him-self
that he is God. 2 Thes. 2: 4. The
woman ( church) fled into the wilderness
where she hath a place prepared of God,
that they should feed her there a thousand
two hundred and threescore days, Rev.
12: 6,-- 1260 days. A day for a year, Num.
14: 34,- 1260 years. A long night, lasting
from A. D. 270 to 1530, when the Protes-tants
ratified the Confession of Aucrsburg.
The holy city shall they tread under foot
forty and two moriths. Rev. 11 : 2. If you
multiply 42 months by 30, the number of
days in a month, you have 1260, which de-notes
the same period as that in 12: 6. See
also 11: 3. The first beast ( popery) of
Rev. 13: 1, was given power to continue
forty and two months-- 1260 years. Rev.
13: 5.
In 1530 the reformation triumphed over
- Romanisrn, , and the beast was wounded.
See Rev. 13: 3. Thousands separated from
the Mother of harlots and joined the Pro-testants.
And to the woman was given
two wings of a great eagle, that she might
fly into the wilderness ( from one wilder-ness
into another, Romanism into Protes-tantism
) into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, times and a half a
time ( one hundred, two hundred and half
a hundred years), from the face of the
serpent. Rev. 12: 14. Protestantism con-tinued
from 1530 to 1880. The Protestant
sects are the " harlots and abominations of
the earth" because they came out of
Romanism, the mother. This second wild-erness
is identical with the second beast
of Rev. 13: 11. The two witnesses ( the
Spirit and the word of God) lay dead in
the streets of the great city ( Babylon)
three days and a half ( three centuries and
a half). Rev. ri: g. Why? Because they
had the form of godliness saenekdin bo- the
power, as the Methodist discipline has it.
But Paul makes it plain in 2 Tim. 3: 5,
" Having the form of godliness, but deny-ing
the power thereof. And how many
professors to day, declare, as they always
have done throughout the dark ages, that
the days of miracles are past, while the
Word declares that " these signs shall
follow them that believe" " and lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the
world!" It is because they had not the
power, but denied it. Ye shall receive
power after the Holy Spirit is come upon
you. Acts 1: 8. But the two witnesses lay
dead in her streets. The word of God is
a dead letter there, for they refuse to obey
it. Nor do they understand it. See Micah
3: 6,7, and Isa. 29 : 9- 14. Also Isa. 59: 1,2.
JOHN E. ROBERTS.
( To be confirmed.)
AN EXHORTATION
„ -
To THE ELDERS AND DEACONS OF
THE CHURCHES OF GOD. There are
repeated just and benevolent calls in
the TRUMPET for means, food or cloth-ing,
etc., to help provide for the sick
and afflicted, or for the worthy poor
and needy in various parts of the
country; which is all right, and they
should be carefully looked after by the
above ' larded officers especially, yea,
by all saints, with an untiring Christ-ian
love and benevolence. We ad-vise
and exhort all these named ra-cers
in the church, that, in the future
any persons sick, afflicted or needy,
in your community, county or state,
is needing the help or support of the
saints; if the elders locally, or evan-gelistic
elders laboring among you,
are aware of such needy ones, or any
of the saints, to report the same to
the deacon of that local congrega-tion,
or to the nearest congregation
of saints, where such help is needed;
that he take the matter in hand at
once and see to it in the love of God,
that such are at once cared for, by
calling upon that , congregation, or
upon the congregations in his reach,
for the needed help. And if this is
not sufficient, then let him at once
communicate the wanted help to any
or all of the deacons known to him,
or to the elders of the various church-es
of the saints in that county or
state, by private communication,
and thereby relieve _ the GOSPEL
TRUMPET office of publishing such
calls to the saints and church in gen-eral.
But should the above steps of
private callings for help thus fail,
then let the matter be reported to
and published in the TRUMPET. All
such matters should be as far as pos-sible
attended to by the deaconsand
thereby each congregation or the
neighboring congregations of saints,
take care of and support their own.
Let not the flying angels of the Lord
and their helpers attend to duties in
this matter, which are strictly your
own and within your calling. Dear
ones, let the Lord's flying angels have
as much time as possible for the study
and ministry of the Word. It is
not reason that we should leave the
word of God, to serve tables. But
we will give ourselves continually to
prayer and to the ministry of the
Word. Act 6: 2, 4. It is true that the
Lord's ministers and field workers,
are ever willing and _ consecrated to
attend to these or to any other of
Christian duties, and so is also the
G. T. office. But dear ones, we
should ever consider and do all we
can, to help them along in their own
and special calling; and yet, if any of
the ministers are among you labor-ing
or visiting in the gospel, any con-gregation
of saints wish to make and
send a contributio n to any of the
poor or needy, or to the TRUMPET
offi6e, by their hands, it is right and
proper, and in the New Testament,
Apostolic order. Let the deacons
carefully and frequently study and
read Acts 6: 1- 5. I Tim. 3: 8- 15. Let
all the saints in any state or commu-nity,
see that you all do your whole
duty by all poor and afflicted men,
especially those of the family of God.
And let none among you suffer want
or be in need, but faithfully inquire
into the state or condition of the
needy ones, or those who may be in
need among you, or within your
reach in any respect. Let all of the
saints read in the fear of God, Mat.
25: 31- 43, and _ let US all apply it to
ourselves individually. Amen.
F. N. JACOBSON.
TESTIMONIES .. t. 4
WONDERFUL.
a. 119: 120.
SOUTH CHICAGO, ILL.
DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS: I
have a few words for the TRUMPET.
do thank God that I can sa y I am
reclaimed. Oh how merciful God
was to me! I do thank and praise
the dear Lord for what he has done
for me. He has healed me. Praise
his dear name! I am saved and
sanctified, and ready to do his will.
Pray for me and my family. Your
sister in Christ, ALWILDIA LEIBY.
WEST RUSHVILLE, 0.
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel led of
God to testify what the Lord has
done for me. I am saved and trust-ing
him ever day. Praise God for
salvation! Last February God in his
goodness and mercy sent some of
his ministers down my way and they
preached the true light. . And the
more I heard them preach, the more
I felt my sins burden me. But thank
God tor his loving kindness to me,
I can say to day that I stand all for
Jesus. Therefore my heart is glad
and my glory rejoiceth. Pray for me
that I may always be found standing
for God and doing his will. Your
saved sister in Jesus,
NANCY HADWIC K.
ATLANTA, KAN.
DEAR SAINTS: I feel that God would
have me to tell you what he has done
for me. 0 praise his name! he first
showed me that I was a sinner. I
had so much of the love of the world
in my heart that I held to my pride
and would not yield. The Lord
showed me that I would be lost if I
did not give up. Then I said that I
would, and the devil said if I would
the girls would all forsake me. So
the devil had me hardened till I was
afraid to close my eyes at night. I
went on , that way for a month. It
was a terrible way to live. I did not
have rest with the world or saints.
So I told the Lord I would surrender,
if it took every friend I had. Oh I
do praise the Lord that I ever did
come to him. It is so sweet to live
at his feet. I can say the Lord has
healed me many times. Oh praise
the Lord! we have good meetings
here Sunday and Sunday night, and
once through the week. The Lord
is with us, and we have perfect vict-ory
in the meeting. The devil has
no hand in it. Praise the Lord for
salvation! Pray for me that I may
stand foritsus. Your saved and sanc-tified
sister, M INN IE B. DiTORE.
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CANTON, OHIO.
DEAR SAINTS: We do praise God
for salvation and for the sanctifying
power that keeps us hid away in God.
I feel deeply impressed to write a-bout
what the Lord revealed to me
some time ago. We had laid all
medicine aside, except some grease
that we had to rub on when we had
colds. Our baby took sick with cold
and fever. We greased his breast, laid
hands on and asked God to heal him,
and went to bed trusting God to do
the work as he ofttimes had healed
us before. But the fever continued
all night. In the morning- while lying
on the bed, seeking to know the will
of God, there appealed one large eye
at my right side. I could see it very
plain. A whisper came, " That is the
all- seeing eye." Something told me
that I was trusting in grease, that I
had greased the child. I told God if
it was against his will to use grease,
we would not use any more. And
when I was willing to give up the
grease, the eye came directly over
me, and a whisper said, God is a
zealous God, and when we apply the
grease God does not get all the glory,
At once the fever was gone; the child
got well. To & ad be all the glory.
And I want to say, from that day to
this we have never applied any thing,
but take God at his word. Praise
the Lord! Is any among you afflict-ed
? Let him pray. Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of
the church, and let them pray over
him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord; and the prayer
of faith shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up. James 5:
13- 15. Praise God for faith! What
a privilege God has given to his peo-ple,
to obtain the faith which was
once delivered unto the saints! Jude
3. Your humble sister, saved and
kept by the power of God,
RACI1EL M. STAUFFER,
CHATSWORTH, CAL,
DEAR SAINTS OF GOD: I feel led to
write my testimony to the TRUMPET.
Though I have never heard the even-ing
light preached, I am out of sect-ism
and it is out of me. Praise the
Lord ! I was a member of the M. E.
North sect for nearly three years, and
lived a Methodist after the strictest
order of my sect, attending socials,
fairs, and suppers, and reading funny
papers to them to make the people
laugh and have a good time, as the
world puts it. I knew no better and
thought it was just the thing to do;
but thanks be to God, I loved my Bi-ble,
and I began to study it and it on-ly
took me a short time to see how
inconsistent such actions were with
its teachings. So I must do one of
two things, give up such vanities or
be lost. Thank the Lord, I gave up
church entertainments and told the
people thatl would never take part
in another church entertainment. By
the grace of God I have kept my
word. They have no attraction for
me at all; I once loved them, but now
I hate them. Soon after I opposed
socials and began to read , scripture
condemning it, most of my old M. E.
friends began to forsake me and
falsely accuse me, and get up publicly
and try to contradict something that
I had said. This puzzled me, and I
began to study my Bible to find out
the cause. I soon learned that God's
people were all of the same mind and
of the same spirit, and that there
were no contention, strife or divisions
among them. So I came to the con-clusion
that they were not God's chil-dren.
So I heard the call sounding
from the Word, " Come out from a-mong
them and be ye separate, saith
the Lord, and I will receive . you."
And I obeyed the call and went to
the minister and told him to look on
me no more as a member of his
church, and to take my name off his
class book. He refused to do so, say-ing
he could not, and that I was a
good man, etc., and just to stay where
I was. But I. did not. stay; I came
out, and in a meeting told the people
how I had been led out of Egypt and
spent one year in the wilderness ( on
prubation ), two years a captive in
Babylon ( sectism), but now I had
crossed Jordan and had reached the
' land of promise, but I had many en-emies
to conquer, and much hard
fighting to do yet. And I find that
these words have come true; but I
find a great consolation in 2 Chron.
20: 15. Read it. And dear readers,
is not this a wonderful good reason
for not being afraid ! Here we have
it again, in the 17th verse.- Ye shall
not need to fight in this battle; stand
still and see the salvation of the
Lord with you. The Lord with us
is the secret of our strength. Go ye
therefore and teach all nations to ob-serve
all things whatsoever I have
commanded - you, and lo; I am With
you always, even unto the end of the
world. Amen. J. R. DANIELS.
Three Hundred Scriptures on the Church
FOR YOUNG CONVERTS AND OTHERS.
( Continued from last issue.)